IRNA - Clocks are to be moved forward by one hour at midnight on Monday (March 21).

According to the legislation passed by the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) in 2007, the official time of the country is turned forward one hour every year at midnight on March 21. The official time of Iran is also turned back one hour every year at midnight on September 22 as the Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins.

The Office for Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs said that considering that the parli­a­ment's decision not to change Iran’s official time has not been finalized and legalized, the government is obliged to implement the existing law and the official time of the coun­try will be changed at the beginning of the new year.