Arash
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At the end of war between Iran and Turan, Turan had advanced close to the Damāvand (Damavand) mountain area. Turanians wanted to destroy the spirit of the Iranian people, so they ordered Iranians to shoot an arrow towards Turan and wherever the arrow lands, that would be the new border between Iran and Turan. An Iranian national hero, Arash by name, volunteered to shoot the arrow. The location from where Arash was to shoot the arrow was at the peak of the Damāvand (Iran's highest mountain, 30 kilometer northeast of Tehrān (Tehran), the Irānian capital; height 5671 meter). On the bright morning of Tīrgān, Arash stripped naked, faced north, strained his bow as never before, let the arrow fly and, exhausted, turned into energy and rode with the arrow. The arrow flew the entire morning and fell at noon -- 2250 kilometers on the bank of the Oxus River in what is now Central Asia. The river remained the boundary between Iran and Turan for centuries until Mongoloid hordes poured in to push the Iranians southward in the 10th century A.D. Arash's body was never found. There are still stories from travelers who were lost in the mountain, that they heard Arash Kamangir's voice, and the voice helped them find the road and saved their lives.(In Persian "Arash" is : آرش).
Tīrgān (Tirgan), the summer solstice celebrated the life of Ārash e Kamāngīr (not sure if this is true).