Events in the year 2022 in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, which is dominated by protests. The situation in Iran remains complex and challenging, as the country has long defied international norms and supported militants abroad. In 2018, the Trump administration withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and imposed sanctions as part of a "maximum pressure" campaign. In 2020, Iran recalculated its strategy after the US killed a top Iranian commander. In 2021, the Biden administration attempted to revive the nuclear deal, but talks were deadlocked as of fall 2022. Protests over human rights abuses and the death of a detained Kurd in September 2022 evolved into calls for the end of the Islamic Republic. The US Institute of Peace works to inform policymakers on Iran and provide a forum for virtual diplomacy. It offers expert analysis, briefings for lawmakers, and resources for the public.

Incumbents

Supreme Leader of Iran The Supreme Leader of Iran ( fa, رهبر ایران, rahbar-e irān) is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Supreme Leader directs the executive system and judicial system of the Islamic theocratic government and is the co ...

: Ali Khamenei *

President of Iran The president of Iran ( fa, رئیس‌جمهور ایران, Rayis Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president is the second highest-ranking official of Iran after the Supreme Leader. The president ...

Ebrahim Raisi Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati ( fa, سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi ( fa, ابراهیم رئیسی ), is an Iranian principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eight ...

* Speaker of the Parliament:

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf or Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf ( fa, محمد باقر قالیباف, born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian conservative politician, former military officer, and current Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020. He held off ...

* Chief Justice:

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i ( fa, غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای, Ğolām-Hoseyn Mohseni Eže'i, ; born 29 September 1956) is an Iranian conservative politician, Islamic jurist and prosecutor who currently serves as Chief Justice of I ...

Events

Ongoing -

2021–2022 Iranian protests Protests erupted on 15 July to protest the water shortages and crisis, but quickly were met with police violence and brutality. " Bloody Aban", November 2021 saw further protests due to water shortages but various other protests and strikes ...

( 2022 Iranian food protests and

Mahsa Amini protests Civil unrest and protests against the government of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini ( fa, مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and are ongoing as of December 2022. Amini had been arrested by the Guida ...

);

Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency The Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency, part of the Balochistan conflict, began approximately in 2004 and is an ongoing low-intensity asymmetric conflict in Sistan and Baluchestan Province between Iran and several Baloch Sunni militant orga ...

*16 March - Anoosheh Ashoori and

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (; fa, نازنین زاغری ; born 26 December 1978) is an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 3 April 2016 as part of a long running dispute between Britain and Iran. In early September 2016, ...

released from prison *5 April - Imam Reza shrine stabbings *23 May - Abadan building collapse *8 June - 2022 South Khorasan train derailment *2 July -

2022 Hormozgan earthquakes The 2022 Hormozgan earthquakes were a pair of doublet earthquakes that struck southern Iran on 1 July, 2022. The earthquakes, which occurred around two hours apart, killed seven people and injured dozens more. Tectonic setting Hormozgan province ...

*16 September -

Guidance Patrol The Guidance Patrol ( fa, گشت ارشاد, translit=gašt-e eršād) or morality police is a vice squad / Islamic religious police in the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran, established in 2005 with the task of arresting ...

officers beat 22-year old

Mahsa Amini On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini,; ku, ژینا ئەمینی, Jîna Emînî died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious mor ...

to death in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

for not wearing her hijab properly, sparking major protests across the country. *30 September -

2022 Zahedan massacre The Zahedan massacre, also known as Bloody Friday (),⁣ was a series of violent crackdowns starting with protesters gathering and chanting in front of a police station near the Great Mosalla of Zahedan, Iran on 30 September 2022 leading to many ...

*5 October - 2022 West Azerbaijan earthquake *15 October - Evin Prison fire *26 October - Shah Cheragh massacre

Deaths

*16 September –

, 22, victim of police brutality (b.

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

) *20 September – Minoo Majidi, 62, shot to death during the Mahsa Amini protests (b.

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

) *20 September –

Nika Shakarami On 20 September 2022, 16-year-old Iranian Nika Shakarami () disappeared in Tehran during the 2022 Iranian protests following the death of Mahsa Amini. Her family was informed of her death ten days later. She had died under suspicious circumstan ...

, 16, abducted (on that date) and later reported dead during the Mahsa Amini protests (b. 2005) *21 September – Hadis Najafi, 22, shot to death during the Mahsa Amini protests (b.

) *23 September –

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, 16, beaten to death during the Mahsa Amini protests (b. 2006) *12 October – Asra Panahi, 15, beaten to death during the Mahsa Amini protests (b. 2007) *23 October – Amou Haji, 94, man who did not wash for over 60 years (b.

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...

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References

# "سپاه از کشته شدن غلام شه‌بخش و پنج عضو گروهش و همچنین سه بسیجی در منطقه کورین خبر داد". ایران اینترنشنال (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-02-05. # "Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police". the Guardian. 2022-09-17. Retrieved 2022-09-17. # Hallam, Adam Pourahmadi,Jonny (2022-09-16). "Woman, 22, dies after falling into coma while in custody of Iran's morality police". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-17. # "The Current Situation in Iran A USIP Fact Sheet" Retrieved 2022-12-12 {{Iran-hist-stub

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