2003 in Iran
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Other events of 2003 Years in Iran |
Events in the year 2003 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbents
- Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
- President: Mohammad Khatami
- Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref
- Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Events
- December 26 - A massive earthquake devastates southeastern Iran. 26,271 people were killed in the city of Bam.
Notable births
Full date unknown
Notable deaths
- July 8 - Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins
- September 6 - Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber, Mount Everest Summiter, died while climbing Gasherbrum I.
- July 11 – Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer murdered by the Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi. (b. 1949)
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