2013 in Iran
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The following lists events that happened during 2013 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbents
[edit]- Supreme Leader – Ali Khamenei
- President – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005–2013)
- President – Hassan Rouhani (2013–present)
- Vice President – Mohammad Reza Rahimi (2009-2013)
- Vice President – Eshaq Jahangiri (2013-present)
- Speaker of Parliament – Ali Larijani
- Chief Justice – Sadeq Larijani
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- March 2 - Giti Pasand Isfahan winner 2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League .[3]
June
[edit]- June 13 - Hassan Rouhani is elected as the seventh president of Iran.
November
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.[citation needed]
- April 20 - Hassan Alavikia, 102, Iranian spy chief.[11]
- May 9 - Sadegh Tirafkan, 47, Iranian contemporary artist.[12]
- May 14 - Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani, 92, Iranian Islamic prelate, Grand Ayatollah, complications from surgery.[13]
- June 2 - Jalal Al-Din Taheri, 87, Iranian Islamic cleric.[14]
- June 16 - Yousef Madani Tabrizi, 85, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.[15]
- June 17 - Jalil Shahnaz, 92, Iranian maestro and Tar master, natural causes.[citation needed]
- June 21 - Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, 93, Iranian architect.[16]
- June 25 - Taghi Rouhani, 93, Iranian news anchor.[17]
- July 16 - Hassan Pakandam, 79, Iranian Olympic boxer (1964) and team captain.[18]
- August 23 - Nasser Sharify, 87, Iranian academic and librarian.[19]
- August 30 - Lotfi Mansouri, 84, Iranian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera).[20]
- September 7 - Mehdi Mohammadi, 60, Iranian football player and coach, heart attack.[21]
- October 10 - Kazem Sarikhani, 35, Iranian Olympic judoka (2000), Asian champion (2000), brain damage.[22]
- October 19 - Mahmoud Zoufonoun, 93, Iranian traditional musician, Alzheimer's disease.[23]
- November 5 - Habibollah Asgaroladi, 81, Iranian politician and presidential candidate, Leader of Islamic Coalition Party (1998–2008), lung problems.[24]
- November 10 - Safdar Rahmat Abadi, Iranian government official, deputy industry minister, shot.[25]
- December 18 - Büyük Jeddikar, 84, Iranian footballer (Esteghlal F.C., national team), Alzheimer's disease.[26]
References
[edit]- ^ "Iran 'successfully sends monkey into space'". 28 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Iran open to 'fair' nuclear talks with US". 3 February 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Giti Pasand wins Iranian Futsal Super League". Tehran Times. 2013-03-02. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16.
- ^ "Leader, senior officials, offer condolences over departure of Grand Ayatollah Tehrani". Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ "خبرآنلاین - استاد همایون خرم درگذشت (in Persian)". Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ دکتر حسن حبیبی درگذشت
- ^ Former Persepolis striker dies, persianfootball.com, 22 February 2013
- ^ Iranian contemporary artist Farideh Lashai dies at 68
- ^ "Longtime Iranian political activist dies|Payvand.com". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ Asal Badiee Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today
- ^ General Hassan Alavikia
- ^ In Memoriam: Sadegh Tirafkan (1965-2013)
- ^ خبرگزاری مهر :: Mehr News Agency - آيت‌الله سيد عزالدين حسيني زنجاني دارفانی را وداع گفت (in Persian)
- ^ Iran dissident's funeral turns into anti-government protest
- ^ آیت الله العظمی مدنی تبریزی به ملکوت اعلی پیوست (in Persian)
- ^ Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - "Farmanfarmaian: oral history of Iran's contemporary architecture"
- ^ فرهنگ و هنر - BBC فارسی - تقی روحانی، گوینده رادیو، پس از سال‌ها بی‌خبری درگذشت (in Persian)
- ^ حسن پاک اندام قهرمان اسبق و پیشکسوت بوکس ایران جان به جان آفرین تسلیم کرد" سایت ماویران" maviran.ir The Center for Iran Sports and Health Information Website (Farsi) Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dr. Nasser Sharify (1925-2013) Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lotfi Mansouri, 84, Opera Troupe Director
- ^ شنبه‌ی سیاه کرمان/ مهدی محمدی مربی مس درگذشت Archived 2014-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
- ^ Iranian judoka dies at 35 Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 85 سال ویولن نوازی + فیلم (in Persian)
- ^ عسگر اولادی درگذشت (in Persian)
- ^ Iranian deputy industry minister shot dead
- ^ Jeddikar dies at the age of 84