2013 in Iran
The following lists events that happened during 2013 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbents
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.[1]
February
- February 3 - Iran indicates the possibility it will attend talks on its nuclear program in Kazakhstan if it believes intentions behind them are "authentic".[2]
March
June
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, 79, Iranian Twelver Marja'.[4]
- January 17 - Homayoun Khorram, 82, Iranian violinist, colorectal cancer.[5]
- January 31 - Hassan Habibi, 76, Iranian politician and scholar, Minister of Justice (1985–1989); First Vice President (1989–2001), heart attack.[6]
- February 21 - Nazem Ganjapour, 69, Iranian footballer.[7]
- February 24 - Farideh Lashai, 68, Iranian contemporary artist, cancer.[8]
- March 31 - Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, 95, Iranian political activist and politician, Minister of Justice (1979), Minister of Interior (1979).[9]
- April 1 - Asal Badiee, 35, Iranian actress.[10]
- April 17 - Dariush Safvat, 85, Iranian musician, natural causes.[11]
- April 20 - Hassan Alavikia, 102, Iranian spy chief.[12]
- May 9 - Sadegh Tirafkan, 47, Iranian contemporary artist.[13]
- May 14 - Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani, 92, Iranian Islamic prelate, Grand Ayatollah, complications from surgery.[14]
- June 2 - Jalal Al-Din Taheri, 87, Iranian Islamic cleric.[15]
- June 16 - Yousef Madani Tabrizi, 85, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.[16]
- June 17 - Jalil Shahnaz, 92, Iranian maestro and Tar master, natural causes.[17]
- June 21 - Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, 93, Iranian architect.[18]
- June 25 - Taghi Rouhani, 93, Iranian news anchor.[19]
- July 16 - Hassan Pakandam, 79, Iranian Olympic boxer (1964) and team captain.[20]
- August 23 - Nasser Sharify, 87, Iranian academic and librarian.[21]
- August 30 - Lotfi Mansouri, 84, Iranian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera).[22]
- September 7 - Mehdi Mohammadi, 60, Iranian football player and coach, heart attack.[23]
- October 10 - Kazem Sarikhani, 35, Iranian Olympic judoka (2000), Asian champion (2000), brain damage.[24]
- October 19 - Mahmoud Zoufonoun, 93, Iranian traditional musician, Alzheimer's disease.[25]
- November 5 - Habibollah Asgaroladi, 81, Iranian politician and presidential candidate, Leader of Islamic Coalition Party (1998–2008), lung problems.[26]
- November 10 - Safdar Rahmat Abadi, Iranian government official, deputy industry minister, shot.[27]
- December 18 - Büyük Jeddikar, 84, Iranian footballer (Esteghlal F.C., national team), Alzheimer's disease.[28]
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