20 Dey 2588 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 20 Dey 1408 Shamsi and 2030-01-09 Gregorian. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
20 Dey 2588 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Wednesday — equivalent to 20 Dey 1408 Shamsi and 9 January 2030 Gregorian.
In his next call, Prince Reza Pahlavi asked Iranians to come out on Saturday and Sunday, 20–21 Dey, from 6 PM with flags and national symbols, and called for nationwide strikes in key sectors. The goal, he declared, was no longer merely to march but to prepare to seize and hold city centers — and he vowed to return to Iran.
Modern Era
Today is 20 Dey 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