The following lists events that happened during 2005 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Incumbents

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

* President:

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

(until August 3),

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

(starting August 3) * Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref (until September 11), Parviz Davoodi (starting September 11) * Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

Events

* Since 2004 until 2005 – Canada evokes its ambassador to Iran and in 2005 restates that until Iran has the same opinion to a global inquiry into Zahra Kazemi’s death, Canada will not restart political relations with Iran. * February 14 – Around 59 people were killed and 200 injured in a fire at a mosque in Tehran, Iran. * February 22 – The 6.4 Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), killing 612 and injuring 1,411. * April 18 – Five people die in ethnic clashes in Iran's south-west

Khuzestan Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

province. * August 3 –

takes office as the 6th President of Iran. * October 26 – Iranian president

calls for Israel to be "wiped off the map" at "World Without Zionism" conference in Tehran, Iran, and condemns peace process. MEMRI translated Ahmadinejad's words differently: ''"Imam homeinisaid: 'This regime that is occupying Qods erusalemmust be eliminated from the pages of history.' This sentence is very wise. The issue of Palestine is not an issue on which we can compromise."''
MEMRI Special Dispatch Series – No. 1013
. * December 6 – An Iranian

C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 ...

airplane crashes into a ten-story building in a civilian area of Tehran, the capital of Iran, killing all 94 people aboard and 34 residents of the building – a total of 128 people.

Births

Notable deaths

* April 12 –

Shahrokh Meskoob Shahrokh Maskoub ( fa, شاهرخ مسکوب) (January 11, 1924 in Babol, Iran – April 12, 2005 in Paris, France), was an Iranian writer, translator, social critic, literary historian, and university professor. Meskoob is considered a preeminent ...

, 81, Iranian

Man of letters An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or a ...

, writer, translator, scholar and university professor. * May 18 –

Denis Wright Sir Denis Arthur Hepworth Wright, GCMG (23 March 1911 – 18 May 2005) was a British diplomat. A long-serving ambassador to Iran, Wright's expertise and knowledge of Iran and Persian culture led him to write and edit several books on the region ...

, 94, British diplomat. A long-serving ambassador to Iran. He was a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Iranica.Sir Denis Wright (b. 1911), diplomat and scholar, British ambassador to Iran (1963-71), a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Iranica, author of The English Among the Persians (1977), and The Persians Among the English (1985), dies.
''iranicaonline.org'' * June 2 –

Mohammad Derakhshesh Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

, 90, essayist, minister of education in Ali Amini’s Cabinet editor of Mehregān, an anti- Islamic Republic of Iran journal. * August 2 – Hassan Moghaddas, 42, Iranian judge in the case of Akbar Ganji and high-profile cases; assassinated by unknown motorbike assailant. * October 24 – Mokarrameh Ghanbari, 77, Iranian painter. * July 9 – Karim Emami, 75, Iranian translator, editor, lexicographer, and literary critic.

References

{{Year in Asia, 2005 Years of the 21st century in Iran Iran Iran 2000s in Iran