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Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Iraq for 2025 ready to be integrated into your application.

The area known as Iraq was once called Mesopotamia, the ancient land that once lay between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This was the cradle of civilization, where man began to read and write, create laws, and build cities with organized government. Present day, Iraq is now officially known as the Republic of Iraq and was founded on October 3, 1932. Iraq is located in Western Asia and home to a region known as the Syrian Desert.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Wednesday New Year's Day
January 6th Monday Armed Forces Day
January 12th Sunday Father's Day Long weekend.
March 20th Thursday March Equinox Long weekend.
March 21st Friday Iranian New Year's Day
March 21st Friday Mother's Day
March 30th Sunday Festival of Breaking the Fast Long weekend.
March 31st Monday Second Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
April 1st Tuesday Third Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
April 9th Wednesday Liberation Day
May 1st Thursday Labor Day Long weekend.
June 6th Friday Feast of the Sacrifice
June 7th Saturday Second Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
June 8th Sunday Third Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice Long weekend.
June 9th Monday Fourth Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
June 26th Thursday Islamic New Year's Day Long weekend.
July 5th Saturday Ashura
July 14th Monday Republic Day
September 4th Thursday Birth of the Prophet Long weekend.
September 22nd Monday September Equinox
October 3rd Friday Independence Day
December 10th Wednesday Victory Day
December 21st Sunday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Thursday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 31st Wednesday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="IQ" -d year="2025" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__" "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "IQ",
  "year": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'IQ',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'IQ',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "IQ"
$Body.year = "2025"
$Url = "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'IQ',
  'year': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'IQ',
  'year': '2025',
})