Holidays in Iraq 2025
Iraq has 16 public holidays in 2025. 16 of them are federal holidays, observed nationwide in Iraq.
Holidays in Iraq 2025
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New Year's Day
رأس السنة الميلادية
Federal holiday -
Army Day
عيد الجيش
Federal holiday -
Feast of Creation
عيد الخليقة
Religious holiday -
Feast of Creation
عيد الخليقة
Religious holiday -
Feast of Creation
عيد الخليقة
Religious holiday -
Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people
ذكرى جرائم البعث والأنفال والهجوم على حلبجة
Federal holiday -
Feast of Creation
عيد الخليقة
Religious holiday -
Feast of Creation
عيد الخليقة
Religious holiday -
Nowruz
عيد نوروز
Federal holiday -
Eid al-Fitr
عيد الفطر
Federal holiday -
Eid al-Fitr
عيد الفطر
Federal holiday -
Eid al-Fitr
عيد الفطر
Federal holiday -
Little Feast
عيد الصغير
Religious holiday -
Little Feast
عيد الصغير
Religious holiday -
Yazidi New Year
رأس السنة الإيزيدية
Religious holiday -
Easter Sunday
أحد الفصح
Religious holiday -
Easter Monday
إثنين الفصح
Religious holiday -
Labor Day
عيد العمال العالمي
Federal holiday -
Prophet Yahya's Birthday
مولد النبي يحيى عليه السلام
Religious holiday -
Day of Arafah
يوم عرفة
Federal holiday -
Eid al-Adha
عيد الأضحى
Federal holiday -
Eid al-Adha
عيد الأضحى
Federal holiday -
Eid al-Adha
عيد الأضحى
Federal holiday -
Eid al-Ghadir
عيد الغدير
Federal holiday -
Islamic New Year
رأس السنة الهجرية
Federal holiday -
Ashura
عاشوراء
Federal holiday -
Great Feast
يوما عيد البنجة
Religious holiday -
Great Feast
يوما عيد البنجة
Religious holiday -
Great Feast
يوما عيد البنجة
Religious holiday -
Great Feast
يوما عيد البنجة
Religious holiday -
Yazidi Summer Festival
مهرجان الصيف اليزيدي
Religious holiday -
Yazidi Summer Festival
مهرجان الصيف اليزيدي
Religious holiday -
Prophet's Birthday
المولد النبوي الشريف
Federal holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of the Assembly
عيد الجمعية
Religious holiday -
Feast of Êzî
عيد إيزي
Religious holiday -
Christmas Day
عيد الميلاد
Religious holiday
Frequently asked questions
- How many public holidays does Iraq have in 2025?
- Iraq has 16 public holidays in 2025.
- Which holidays are federal holidays in Iraq in 2025?
- Iraq has 16 federal public holidays in 2025: New Year's Day (January 1, 2025), Army Day (January 6, 2025), Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people (March 16, 2025), Nowruz (March 21, 2025), Eid al-Fitr (March 31, 2025), Eid al-Fitr (April 1, 2025), Eid al-Fitr (April 2, 2025), Labor Day (May 1, 2025), Day of Arafah (June 5, 2025), Eid al-Adha (June 6, 2025), Eid al-Adha (June 7, 2025), Eid al-Adha (June 8, 2025), Eid al-Ghadir (June 15, 2025), Islamic New Year (June 26, 2025), Ashura (July 5, 2025), Prophet's Birthday (September 4, 2025).
Federal / national holiday = a public holiday everywhere in the country. Regional holiday = a public holiday only in the listed states or provinces.
Holiday data from the open-source python-holidays project; astronomy computed with ephem; eclipse details from NASA. Governments sometimes change dates — confirm important dates locally.