January 5 – Iran bans its citizens from contact with 60 international organisations and media outlets over claims they conspired against the country.[1]
January 12 – Masoud Alimohammadi, an Iranian nuclear physics professor, is killed in a bomb attack in the capital Tehran; Iran state media accuses Israel and the United States of involvement.[3]
April 5 – Iran invites 60 countries to a two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran on April 17–18, entitled "Nuclear energy for everyone, nuclear arms for no one". China says it will attend the conference which invites "the world to disarm and prevent proliferation".[12]
July 9 – Iran announces that women convicted of adultery will no longer face stoning to death after international concern. They may, however, still face the death penalty.[17]
July 15 – July 2010 Zahedan bombings: More than 20 people are killed and 100 injured in a suicide attack at a mosque in southeastern Iran.[18]
August 27 – The 5.8 MwDamghan earthquake shook northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Four people were killed, 40 were injured, and 800 were made homeless.
September 22 – At least a dozen Iranians are killed and 81 are wounded in a bomb attack on a military parade in the Kurdish town of Mahabad according to reports from Iranian Arabic language television Al-Alam.[22]
September 28 – Iranian-Canadian bloggerHossein Derakhshan, the founder of one of the first Persian-language blogs, is sentenced to 19 years imprisonment in an Iranian court for "anti-state activity".[23]
November 29 – Iranian nuclear scientist Majid Shahriari is killed and his wife injured, while another scientist is wounded during two attacks in Tehran. Iran says Western governments and Israel may have carried out the killing.[27]
^Marzieh, Iranian Singer and Voice of Dissent, Dies at 86 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com
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Events in the year 2010 in the Islamic Republic of Iran 2009 2008 2007 2010 in Iran 2011 2012 2013Decades 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020sSee also Other events of 2010Years in Iran Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Notable deaths 4 References 5 External linksIncumbents editSupreme Leader Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi Chief Justice Sadeq LarijaniEvents editJanuary 5 Iran bans its citizens from contact with 60 international organisations and media outlets over claims they conspired against the country 1 January 8 Mehdi Karroubi s car is hit by fire in Qazvin Iran 2 January 12 Masoud Alimohammadi an Iranian nuclear physics professor is killed in a bomb attack in the capital Tehran Iran state media accuses Israel and the United States of involvement 3 January 19 Iran rejects a deal offered by the International Atomic Energy Agency to exchange low enriched uranium for nuclear fuel 4 January 23 A passenger train in Iran derails killing at least eight people and wounding at least fifteen others 5 January 24 Taban Air Flight 6437 A flight operated by Kolavia on behalf of Taban Air crashes on landing at Mashhad International Airport Iran injuring at least 46 people 6 January 28 Iran executes two opposition supporters for their role in the election protests in the country 7 February 7 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad orders his country s atomic agency to begin enriching uranium to a higher level 8 February 11 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran is now a nuclear state following a successful 20 uranium enrichment 9 March 19 Former Iranian Vice President Hossein Marashi is jailed after being accused of spreading propaganda 10 March 31 Shahram Amiri a scientist involved in Iran s nuclear program defects to the United States and begins talking to the Central Intelligence Agency 11 April 5 Iran invites 60 countries to a two day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran on April 17 18 entitled Nuclear energy for everyone nuclear arms for no one China says it will attend the conference which invites the world to disarm and prevent proliferation 12 April 20 Speaking in Tehran Iranian Islamic cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi blames promiscuous women for causing earthquakes 13 April 30 Iran threatens to cut off Israel s feet if Israel attacks Syria 14 May 24 Iran s largest water supply project is inaugurated in Khorramshahr 15 June 18 The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran AEOI starts designing a newer and a more powerful nuclear research reactor than the current Tehran reactor according to AEOI director Ali Akbar Salehi 16 July 9 Iran announces that women convicted of adultery will no longer face stoning to death after international concern They may however still face the death penalty 17 July 15 July 2010 Zahedan bombings More than 20 people are killed and 100 injured in a suicide attack at a mosque in southeastern Iran 18 July 23 President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces plans to launch a manned shuttle into space by 2019 19 August 21 Russian engineers start loading fuel into Iran s first nuclear reactor at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant 20 August 27 The 5 8 Mw Damghan earthquake shook northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII Very strong Four people were killed 40 were injured and 800 were made homeless September 15 2009 2010 detention of American hikers by Iran Iran releases United States hiker Sarah Shourd from Evin Prison following payment of bail 21 September 22 At least a dozen Iranians are killed and 81 are wounded in a bomb attack on a military parade in the Kurdish town of Mahabad according to reports from Iranian Arabic language television Al Alam 22 September 28 Iranian Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan the founder of one of the first Persian language blogs is sentenced to 19 years imprisonment in an Iranian court for anti state activity 23 October 13 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Lebanon amidst concern from Israel and United States 24 October 26 Iran starts loading fuel into the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant its first nuclear power plant 25 November 21 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects the country s once effective family planning program as an ungodly Western import and urges girls to marry at age of 16 26 November 29 Iranian nuclear scientist Majid Shahriari is killed and his wife injured while another scientist is wounded during two attacks in Tehran Iran says Western governments and Israel may have carried out the killing 27 Notable deaths edit nbsp Marzieh January 3 Ali Safi Golpaygani 96 Iranian Marja natural causes 28 January 12 Masoud Alimohammadi 50 Iranian nuclear scientist bomb blast 29 January 28 Arash Rahmanipour c 20 Iranian activist hanging 30 January 28 Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani c 38 Iranian activist hanging 30 March 6 Mansour Amir Asefi 76 Iranian Olympic footballer cancer 31 April 19 Hamideh Kheirabadi 85 Iranian actress stroke 32 May 9 Farzad Kamangar 32 Iranian activist execution by hanging 33 May 24 Abdolhamid Rigi c 31 Iranian militant execution by hanging 34 June 20 Abdolmalek Rigi 27 Iranian Sunni Islamist militant leader of Jundallah execution by hanging 35 October 13 Marzieh 86 Iranian singer cancer 36 November 29 Majid Shahriari Iranian nuclear scientist car bomb December 1 Shahla Jahed 39 Iranian convicted murderer hanged References edit The Times BBC BBC BBC Reuters BBC The Times The New York Times dead link New York Times BBC ABC News Al Jazeera BBC Jerusalem Post Tehran Times Tehran Times BBC News BBC BBC Reuters CNN Reuters BBC BBC BBC Ynet BBC ایرنا آیت الله علی صافی گلپایگانی درگذشت Nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi assassinated in Tehran The Australian a b BBC News Iran executes two over post election unrest tehran times Former Persepolis coach Amirasefi dies at 77 tehran times Mother of Iranian cinema Hamideh Kheirabadi dies at 86 FARZAD KAMANGAR and 4 Other political prisoners EXECUTED Street Journalist Archived 2010 09 23 at the Wayback Machine واکنش والدین همسر ریگی به اعدام وی Archived from the original on 2010 05 27 Retrieved 2010 10 30 BBC News Iran hangs Sunni militant leader Abdolmalek Rigi Marzieh Iranian Singer and Voice of Dissent Dies at 86 Obituary Obit NYTimes comExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2010 in Iran Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2010 in Iran amp oldid 1220577044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
