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Practice these MCQs in the appQuick fact: The first month of the Iranian solar calendar before the 1979 revolution was Nouroz, which begins on the spring equinox.
Nouroz (also spelled Nowruz) marks the Persian New Year and falls on the spring equinox, usually March 21. It is the first day of the Iranian solar Hijri calendar. Before the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran officially used this solar calendar where the year began with Nouroz, not with Muharram as in the lunar Islamic calendar. The question tests the distinction between the cultural/solar calendar of Iran and the lunar Hijri calendar used for Islamic religious observances.
Iran adopted the solar Hijri calendar in 1925 under Reza Shah Pahlavi, with Nouroz as its first day. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the solar Hijri calendar was retained as the official calendar, but greater emphasis was placed on Islamic lunar months for religious occasions. Nouroz has pre-Islamic Zoroastrian roots and remains widely celebrated across Iran, Central Asia, and parts of the Middle East.
