Rejected petition UK Government to recognise Nowruz and include it in the official UK calendar.

Formally recognition of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, as a national cultural celebration in the United Kingdom, akin to how other cultural holidays such as Chinese New Year are officially acknowledged.

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We are urging the UK Government to recognize Nowruz, the iranian new year, as a culturally significant event and include it in the official UK calendar.

I believe that officially recognising Nowruz would be a meaningful step toward celebrating the cultural diversity that makes the UK a unique and vibrant society.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action, there is no official UK calendar therefore this request is not possible. Decisions around the marking of specific cultural events are made by individual organisations.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 26 March 2025
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