2013 in Iran

The following lists events that happened during 2013 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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See also:	Other events of 2013 Years in Iran

Incumbents

• 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

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

• March 2 - Giti Pasand Isfahan winner 2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League .^[3]

June

• June 13 - Hassan Rouhani is elected as the seventh president of Iran.

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.^{[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

1. "Iran 'successfully sends monkey into space'". 28 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
2. "Iran open to 'fair' nuclear talks with US". 3 February 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
3. . Tehran Times. 2013-03-02. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16.
4. . Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
5. . Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
6. دکتر حسن حبیبی درگذشت
7. Former Persepolis striker dies, persianfootball.com, 22 February 2013
8. Iranian contemporary artist Farideh Lashai dies at 68
9. . Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
10. Asal Badiee Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today
11. General Hassan Alavikia
12. In Memoriam: Sadegh Tirafkan (1965-2013)
13. خبرگزاری مهر :: Mehr News Agency - آيت‌الله سيد عزالدين حسيني زنجاني دارفانی را وداع گفت (in Persian)
14. Iran dissident's funeral turns into anti-government protest
15. آیت الله العظمی مدنی تبریزی به ملکوت اعلی پیوست (in Persian)
16. Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - "Farmanfarmaian: oral history of Iran's contemporary architecture"
17. فرهنگ و هنر - BBC فارسی - تقی روحانی، گوینده رادیو، پس از سال‌ها بی‌خبری درگذشت (in Persian)
18. 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) 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
19. Dr. Nasser Sharify (1925-2013) 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
20. Lotfi Mansouri, 84, Opera Troupe Director
21. شنبه‌ی سیاه کرمان/ مهدی محمدی مربی مس درگذشت 2014-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
22. Iranian judoka dies at 35 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
23. 85 سال ویولن نوازی + فیلم (in Persian)
24. عسگر اولادی درگذشت (in Persian)
25. Iranian deputy industry minister shot dead
26. Jeddikar dies at the age of 84