26 Aban 2583 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 26 Aban 1403 Shamsi and 2024-11-16 Gregorian. Pejman Gholipour Memorial Day is observed on this day. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
26 Aban 2583 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Saturday — equivalent to 26 Aban 1403 Shamsi and 16 November 2024 Gregorian.
Pejman Gholipour was an 18-year-old killed on November 17, 2019 during the Aban 98 protests in Marlik, Fardis, Karaj, struck by 5 bullets from security forces. He was added to the list of children killed in Aban 98. His mother Mahboubeh Ramezani, one of the "Aban Mothers," has been repeatedly arrested for seeking justice and sentenced to 100 lashes.
Today is 26 Aban in the Shahanshahi calendar — one day in thousands of years of unbroken Persian culture.
مرده بدم زنده شدم، گریه بدم خنده شدم دولت عشق آمد و من دولت پاینده شدم
“I was dead, I became alive; I was tears, I became laughter The fortune of love came and I became eternal fortune”
— Rumi