The following lists events that happened during

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in the

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Incumbents

* Supreme Leader –

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 President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

–

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

(2005–2013) *

–

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

(2013–present) *

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– Mohammad Reza Rahimi (2009-2013) *

–

Eshaq Jahangiri Eshaq Jahangiri Kouhshahi ( fa, ‌اسحاق جهانگیری کوهشاهی, ; born 21 January 1958) is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth first vice president from 2013 until 2021 in Hassan Rouhani's government. Jahangiri was the ...

(2013-present) *

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– Ali Larijani * Chief Justice – Sadeq Larijani

Events

January

* January 28 - Iran's state news agency announces that a monkey was sent successfully into space by the Iranian Space Agency and returned safely aboard the Pishgam rocket.

February

* February 3 - Iran indicates the possibility it will attend talks on its nuclear program in

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if it believes intentions behind them are "authentic".

March

* March 2 - Giti Pasand Isfahan winner

2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League The 2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League are the 14th season of the Iran Pro League and the 9th under the name ''Futsal Super League''. Shahid Mansouri are the defending champions. The season will feature 14 teams from the 2011–12 Iranian Fut ...

June

* June 13 -

is elected as the seventh president of Iran.

November

* November 24 - Iran and six world powers reach an interim nuclear accord that sees Iran limit aspects of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

Notable deaths

* January 1 -

Mojtaba Tehrani Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبي تهراني) (4 April 1933 – 1 January 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid, which is described as "a high-ranking Shia cleric who is regarded as a source of emulation". ...

, 79, Iranian

Twelver Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...

Marja' Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...

. * January 17 -

Homayoun Khorram Ostad Homayoun Khorram ( fa, همایون خرم), (June 30, 1930 – January 17, 2013) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's house of music. Khorram began his music career as a violinist at the ...

, 82, Iranian violinist, colorectal cancer. * January 31 - Hassan Habibi, 76, Iranian politician and scholar, Minister of Justice (1985–1989); First Vice President (1989–2001), heart attack. * February 21 -

Nazem Ganjapour Nazem Ganjapour ( fa, ناظم گنجاپور, March22, 1943February21, 2013) was an Iranian football player. In the last match of Shahin against Tehranjavan, he scored a hat trick. After this he joined Persepolis. Later, he was a scout and coac ...

, 69, Iranian footballer. * February 24 -

Farideh Lashai Farideh Lashai (, also Romanization, Romanized as Farideh Lāshāyī; 1944 – February 24, 2013) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian Painting, painter. She was born in Rasht, Iran. She was also a writer and translator. Her foremost book is ' ...

, 68, Iranian contemporary artist, cancer. * March 31 -

Ahmad Sayyed Javadi Ahmad Sayyed Javadi ( fa, احمد صدر حاج‌سیدجوادی; 24 June 1917 – 31 March 2013) was an Iranian lawyer, political activist and politician, who served as interior minister and justice minister. He was the first interior min ...

, 95, Iranian political activist and politician, Minister of Justice (1979),

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

(1979). * April 1 - Asal Badiee, 35, Iranian actress. * April 17 -

Dariush Safvat Dariush Safvat ( fa, داريوش صفوت‎; 28 November 1928 – 17 April 2013) also spelled as Daryush Safvat, was a master Persian traditional musician, teacher, and ethnomusicologist. Safvat is best known for his mastery of setar and sa ...

, 85, Iranian musician, natural causes. * April 20 - Hassan Alavikia, 102, Iranian spy chief. * May 9 -

Sadegh Tirafkan Sadegh Tirafkan ( fa, صادق تیرافکن; July 3, 1965 in Karbala, Iraq to Iranian parents – May 9, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an Iranian contemporary artist who lived mainly in Tehran, Iran. Career Tirafkan employed differ ...

, 47, Iranian contemporary artist. * May 14 - Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani, 92, Iranian Islamic prelate, Grand Ayatollah, complications from surgery. * June 2 -

Jalal Al-Din Taheri Seyyed Jalaleddin Taheri Esfahani ( fa, سید جلال‌الدین طاهری اصفهانی, sometimes spelled Jalaluddin Taheri or Jalaleddin Taheri, 1 January 1926 – 2 June 2013) was an Iranian scholar, theologian and Islamic philosopher. ...

, 87, Iranian Islamic cleric. * June 16 - Yousef Madani Tabrizi, 85, Iranian Grand Ayatollah. * June 17 -

Jalil Shahnaz Jalil Shahnaz (22 May 1921 – 17 June 2013; Persian: جلیل شهناز) was a Persian classical music musician and a virtuoso of the Persian musical instrument, tar. Biography Jalil Shahnaz was born in 1921 in Isfahan, Persia (Iran). Shahna ...

, 92, Iranian maestro and Tar master, natural causes. * June 21 -

Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian Abdolaziz Farmanfarmaian (Persian: عبدالعزیز فرمانفرمائیان; Shiraz, 1920 – June 21, 2013 Spain) was an Iranian architect, offspring of Iranian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and a member of the Qajar dynasty of Ir ...

, 93, Iranian architect. * June 25 -

Taghi Rouhani Mohammad Taghi Rouhani Moghaddam ( fa, ‌تقی روحانی, 26 July 1920 – 25 June 2013), commonly known as Taghi Rouhani, was an Iranian radio news anchor. Biography Taghi Rahmani was a famous radio anchor and the host of a quiz show calle ...

, 93, Iranian news anchor. * July 16 - Hassan Pakandam, 79, Iranian Olympic boxer (

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

) and team captain. * August 23 - Nasser Sharify, 87, Iranian academic and librarian. * August 30 -

Lotfi Mansouri Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri (15 June 1929 – 30 August 2013) was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. He was an opera director from about 1960 onwards, and is best known for being the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company and ...

, 84, Iranian opera director ( Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera). * September 7 - Mehdi Mohammadi, 60, Iranian football player and coach, heart attack. * October 10 - Kazem Sarikhani, 35, Iranian Olympic

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(

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), Asian champion (

), brain damage. * October 19 -

Mahmoud Zoufonoun Ustad, Ostad (“Master”) Mahmoud Zoufonoun (Persian language, Persian: محمود ذوالفنون, sometimes pronounced "Zolfonoon" or "Zolfonun"; 1 January 1920 – 19 October 2013) was an Iranian-born American musician accomplished in the a ...

, 93, Iranian traditional musician, Alzheimer's disease. * November 5 -

Habibollah Asgaroladi Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman ( fa, حبيب‌الله عسگراولادی مسلمان‎; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Par ...

, 81, Iranian politician and presidential candidate, Leader of

Islamic Coalition Party The Islamic Coalition Party) from 1963 to 1979 and "Islamic Coalition Society" ( fa, جمعیت مؤتلفه اسلامی, jamʿiyat-e moʾtalefe-ye eslâmi) from 1979 to 2004. (ICP; fa, حزب مؤتلفه اسلامی, ḥezb-e moʾtalefe-ye esl ...

(1998–2008), lung problems. * November 10 - Safdar Rahmat Abadi, Iranian government official, deputy industry minister, shot. * December 18 -

Büyük Jeddikar Boyuk Jeddikar ( fa, بیوک جدی‌کار; 3 February 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an Iranian footballer. He is known for being the first footballer in Iranian football history to be transferred from an Iranian club to a foreign club. C ...

, 84, Iranian footballer (

Esteghlal F.C. Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran th ...

, national team), Alzheimer's disease.Jeddikar dies at the age of 84
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References

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