Sepandarmazgan can replace Valentine’s Day in Iran: expert

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
the original Iranian-Islamic culture, Mohammad-Hossein Rajabi-Davani said on Sunday.Through creating a culture in the coming years, it is
hoped that the long-standing national and traditional festival of Sepandarmazgan will be replaced by the people and accepted by them
instead, he added.Sepandarmazgan is widely known as the Iranian Day of Love, which is celebrated on February 24.This day is dedicated to
Spenta Armaiti, the Amesha Spenta who is given the domain of "Earth." The date of the festival, as observed in the Sassanid era, was on the
5th day of the month Spandarmad, the last month of the Iranian calendar, Esfand, which is from February 20 to March 20.The deity Spandarmad
protected the Earth and the good, chaste, and beneficent wife who loves her husband.In recent years, many Iranians have taken steps to