Events in the year 2009 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:

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

* Vice President: ** until 25 July: Parviz Davoodi ** 17 July–25 July: Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei ** starting 13 September: Mohammad Reza Rahimi * Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (until 30 June), Sadeq Larijani (starting 30 June)

Events

* February 2 – Iran's first domestically constructed satellite, ''

Omid ''Omid'' ( fa, امید, meaning "Hope") was Iran's first domestically made satellite. Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009 ...

'', is launched. * March 7 – Morocco terminates diplomatic relations with Iran. * March 18 – Somali

pirates Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...

hijack an Iranian fishing vessel in the

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...

. * April 18 –

Iranian-American Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship. Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...

journalist

Roxana Saberi Roxana Saberi (born April 26, 1977) is an American CBS News correspondent and former Miss North Dakota pageant winner. In 2009, she was held prisoner in Iran's Evin Prison for 101 days under accusations of espionage. She subsequently wrote a ...

is charged with espionage and imprisoned in Iran until 2017. * May 4 – A

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

collides with a building in Īlām Province, Iran, killing 28 people and injuring nine others. * May 20 – Iran launches a Sejjil-2 medium-range surface-to-surface missile. * May 30 – A

bomb A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the Exothermic process, exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-t ...

is discovered and defused aboard a Kish Air flight between Ahvaz and Tehran, Iran. * June 12 – Iran goes to the polls for its presidential election. * June 13 –

is reelected as the President of Iran, although opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi demands a recount. * June 20 – A

suicide bomb A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...

reportedly explodes at the shrine of former Grand Ayatollah

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

. * June 22 – The Iranian Revolutionary Guard warns that it will 'crush' any further protests. * June 23 – The

Guardian Council The Guardian Council, (also called Council of Guardians or Constitutional Council, fa, شورای نگهبان, Shourā-ye Negahbān) is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence i ...

rules out a re-run of the presidential election saying that there was no sign of serious electoral fraud in the June 12 vote. * June 24 – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declares the recent election result will stand. * July 15 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, flying from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia with 153 passengers and 15 crew members on board, crashes in Iran shortly after takeoff. * July 24 – Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

, Iran, killing at least 17 people and injuring 19 of the 153 people on board. * July 28 – Iran releases 140 people detained in its post-election unrest as the supreme leader orders a prison where jailed protesters were killed be closed. * July 30 – Iranian police clash with mourners at a Tehranian cemetery for a memorial to those killed in post-election violence, using teargas to disperse crowds from the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan and forcing Opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi to make his exit. * August 3 – Iran's Supreme Leader

formally approves the second-term presidency of

. * August 5 –

sworn in Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon ', also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to giv ...

as President of Iran for a second term. * October 18 –

2009 Pishin bombing The 2009 Pishin bombing occurred on October 18, 2009, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a meeting in the southeastern Iranian town of Pishin in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The attack killed at least 43 people including several n ...

: a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a meeting in the southeastern Iranian town of Pishin in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The attack killed at least 43 people including several senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, and injured a further 150. UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Iran
Xinhua. October 20, 2009. The

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

rebel organization Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack. * November 4 – Around 700 people are injured in two earthquakes in southern Iran. * November 9 – Three American hikers detained on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran are to be charged for espionage by Iranian authorities. * November 29 – The Iranian government approves plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants. * December 28 – Iran declares martial law in Najafabad following a week of protest and 2 days of violence.

Full date unknown

United4Iran United for Iran is an independent nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area that advocates for an end to human rights violations in Iran, as well as democratic reform and the advancement of civil liberties within the country. The ...

organization is established.

Notable deaths

* January 30 –

Safar Iranpak Safar Iranpak (23 December 1946 – 30 January 2009) was an Iranian football striker who played for Persepolis and the Iran national football team. Early life He was born in Masjed Soleyman on 23 December 1946. He started his playing career for ...

, 61, Iranian footballer, lung cancer. * February 2 – Ezzat Negahban, c. 82, Iranian

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. * March 21 –

Khadijeh Saqafi Khadijeh Saqafi ( fa, خدیجه ثقفی; 1913 – 21 March 2009) was an Iranian revolutionary and the wife of Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran and figurehead of the Iranian Revolution. In Iran, she was known as "the mother of the I ...

, 93, Iranian widow of religious/political leader

, after long illness. * May 1 –

Delara Darabi Delara Darabi ( fa, دلارا دارابى) (29 September 19861 May 2009) was an Iranian Gilaki woman who was sentenced to death after having been convicted of murdering her father's female cousin in 2003. Although Delara initially claimed that ...

, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging. * May 15 – Mohammad-Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar. * May 17 – Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, 96, Iranian cleric,

heart disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, hea ...

. * June 20 – Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, Iranian

student A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution. In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...

, shot. * June 29 –

Mohammad Hoqouqi Mohammad Hoghooghi ( fa, محمد حقوقى; May 3, 1937 – June 29, 2009) was an Iranian poet and critic. Of the more than 30 books he has published, ''Modern Poetry, from Beginning until Today'' is considered one of the leading encyclopedic ...

, 72, Iranian poet, cirrhosis. * August 11 –

Behjat Sadr Behjat Sadr ( fa, بهجت صدر, 29 May 1924 – 11 August 2009), also known as Behjat Sadr Mahallāti, was an Iranian modern art painter whose works have been exhibited in New York, Paris, and Rome. Sadr is known for her paintings that utilizi ...

, 85, Iranian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

, heart attack. * September 21 – Parviz Meshkatian, 54, Iranian

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, cardiac arrest. * November 9 – Mehdi Sahabi, 66, Iranian writer and translator, heart attack. * November 10 –

Ramin Pourandarjani Ramin Pourandarjani (9 June 1983 – 10 November 2009) was an Iranian physician who examined prisoners wounded and killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests. Pourandarjani was born on 9 June 1983 to a middle class family in a northwestern di ...

, 26, Iranian doctor, whistleblower on use of torture,

poison Poison is a chemical substance that has a detrimental effect to life. The term is used in a wide range of scientific fields and industries, where it is often specifically defined. It may also be applied colloquially or figuratively, with a broa ...

ed. * November 11 – Ehsan Fatahian, 28, Iranian Kurdish

activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...

, executed by hanging. * November 17 –

Niku Kheradmand Niku Kheradmand ( fa, نیکو خردمند , also Romanized as ''Nikoo Kheradmand''; 10 November 1932 – 17 November 2009) was an Iranian actress and film dubber. She died in a Tehran hospital on 17 November 2009, aged 77. Kheradmand had suffe ...

, 77, Iranian actress, complications of a heart attack. * November 22 – Ali Kordan, 51, Iranian politician, Minister of the Interior (2008),

multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibodies. Often, no symptoms are noticed initially. As it progresses, bone pain, an ...

. * December 9 – Faramarz Payvar, 77, Iranian

and

santur The santur (also ''santūr'', ''santour'', ''santoor'') ( fa, سنتور), is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origins.--- Rashid, Subhi Anwar (1989). ''Al-ʼĀlāt al-musīqīyya al-muṣāhiba lil-Maqām al-ʻIrāqī''. Baghdad: Matbaʻat al-ʻU ...

player,

brain damage Neurotrauma, brain damage or brain injury (BI) is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain injuries occur due to a wide range of internal and external factors. In general, brain damage refers to significant, undiscriminating t ...

. * December 19 – Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, 87, Iranian cleric and dissident,

natural causes In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distinct ...

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