Today, 21th July, is my birthday. As it seems, my birthday in the Persian Calendar is the 30th of Teer, and as this year we had a 29 day february, the 30th of Teer, is the 20th of July, which is yesterday!
Confused? Well, let me explain it like this, based on the Persian Calendar, my birthday is the 20th of July, and based on the european standard calendar, my birthday is the 21th of July. So my birthday happened twice this year! Two birthday parties
This year you can double your birthday just like me! Go and see which date are you born in following the Persian Calendar.

On Iran’s History - Exclusively On Gibni.com!

Dr. Masoud Moradi, University Professor of History, in Iran, a dear visitor of Gibni; recently contacted me and asked for a Post-On-Demand. He got two pictures from a very ancient stone engraving near his birth town, Birjand in Iran. After researches he made, the drawing dates from the Achaemenid Empire (550 BC–330 BC) period in Ancient persia.

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