2020 in Iran

January

January 3 – A U.S. coordinated airstrike near Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.^[1]
January 7 – A stampede at the burial procession of Qasem Soleimani killed at least 56 people and injured over 200.^[2]
January 8
- Ballistic missiles from Iran strike two United States military bases in Iraq.^[3]
- Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes after being shot down by Iranian missiles near Tehran shortly after take-off with 176 passengers and crew on board. All 176 passengers and crew died.^[4]
January 9 – A bus crashes in Mazandaran province, killing at least 20 passengers and injuring 24 others.
January 11 – the British Ambassador to Iran is arrested and released shortly after.^[5]
January 12
- Hundreds of Iranians attend anti-government protest after government admits shooting down a Ukrainian airplane due to human error.^[6]
- Kimia Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal in Taekwondo during the 2016 Summer Olympics, has defected to an undisclosed country. It is unclear if she will compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics^[7]
January 22
- Masked gunmen kill local security leader, Abdolhossein Mojaddami, head of a unit of the Revolutionary Guard.^[8]

February

19 February – The first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in Qom, marking the beginning of the pandemic in the country.
21 February – Scheduled date for the 2020 Iranian legislative election.^[9]
23 February – 2020 Khoy earthquake
29 February – 43 people have died and 593 are infected with COVID-19.^[10]

May

10 May – an anti-ship missile fired from the Iranian frigate Jamaran hit the support vessel Konarak,^[11] killing 19 and wounding 15 of the crew of the Konarak.^[12]

June

25 June – The first of the 2020 Iran explosions occurs
26 June – An explosion occurred at a Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group facility outside of Tehran, which houses the Khojir missile facility.^[13]^[14]

July

2 July – The Natanz incident occurred, wherein the centrifuge assembly center at the Natanz nuclear site was destroyed.^[15]

December

3 December – Iran surpasses 1 million cases of COVID-19.^[16]

3 January – Qasem Soleimani, 62, major general, commander of the Quds Force (b. 1957)^[17]
19 February – Yervand Manaryan, 95, actor (b. 1924)^[18]
27 February – Hadi Khosroshahi, 81, cleric and diplomat (b. 1939)^[19]
28 February
- Mahmoud Khayami, 90, industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1930)^[20]
- Malakeh Ranjbar, 81, actress, (b. 1939)^[21]
1 March – Siamand Rahman, 31, powerlifter, paralympic champion (b. 1988)^[22]
3 March – Ahmad NikTalab, 85, poet, author, and linguistic (b. 1934)^[23]
5 March – Hossein Sheikholesam, 67, politician, (b. 1952)^[24]
4 March – Eskandar Firouz, 93, environmentalist and politician (b. 1926)^[25]
7 March
- Fatemeh Rahbar, 55, politician, member-elect of the parliament, (b. 1964)^[26]
- Houshang Zarif, 81, tar player, heart failure (b. 1938)
13 March – Nasser Shabani, 62–63, brigadier general, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (b. 1957)^[27]^[28]
15 March – Mohammad Ami-Tehrani, 84, olympic weightlifter (b. 1935)^[29]
16 March –
- Hashem Bathaie Golpayenagi, 78–79, cleric, member of the Assembly of Experts (b. 1941)
- Fariborz Raisdana, 75, economist (b. 1948)^[30]
19 March – Hamid Kohram, 61–62, politician (b. 1958)^[31]
22 March – Behrouz Rahbar, 74, olympic racing cyclist (b. 1945)^[32]
23 March – Hassan Akbarzadeh, 93, researcher and mathematician (b. 1927)
24 March – Abbasgholi Daneshvar, 95, physician and surgeon (b. 1925)
25 March –
- Edman Ayvazyan, 87, painter (b. 1932)^[33]
- Farzaneh Taidi, 74, actress (b. 1945)^[34]
27 March – Daniel Gevargiz, 79, olympic weightlifter (b. 1940)^[35]
30 March – Kioumars Darembakhsh, 74, writer and photographer (b. 1945)
5 April – Homayoun Khosravi, 66, musician (b. 1953)
11 April – Pari Mansouri, 85, writer and translator (b. 1935)
15 April – Siamak Shayeghi, 65, film director and producer (b. 1954)
24 April – Ebrahim Amini, 94, cleric and politician, member of the Assembly of Experts (b. 1925)^[36]
26 April – Abolfazl Salabi, 95, basketball player (b. 1924)
4 May – Najaf Daryabandari, 90, writer (b. 1929)^[37]
16 May – Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, 67–6, politician and diplomat (b. 1952)^[38]
25 May – Sedigheh Kianfar, 87, actress (b. 1933)
5 June – Marjan, 71, singer and actress (b. 1948)^[39]
6 June – Mehdi Nikbakht, 40, poet and daf player (b. 1970)
9 June – Parviz Aboutaleb, 77–78, footballer and coach (b. 1942)
14 June – Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, 90, actor (b. 1930)^[40]
19 June – Alborz Zarei, 38, climber and environmentalist (b. 1982)
19 June – Gholamreza Mansouri, 54, judge (b. 1966)
27 June – David Stronach, 89, archaeologist of ancient Iran (b. 1931)^[41]
1 July – Sirous Gorjestani, 75, actor (b. 1944)
8 July – Houshang Seddigh, 72, pilot and commander of the Air Force (b. 1948)
14 July – Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh, 75, politician (b. 1945)
18 July – Ali Mirzaei, 91, weightlifter (b. 1929)
18 July – Saeed Ghaemmaghami, 76, journalist (b. 1944)
20 July – Ahmad Pourmokhber, 79, actor (b. 1940)
28 July – Badr al-Zamān Qarīb, 90, linguist (b. 1929)
1 August – Khosrow Sinai, 79, film director (b. 1941)^[42]
3 August – Mohammad Reza Navaei, 71, wrestler (b. 1948)^[43]
7 August – Mahchehreh Khalili, 43, actress (b. 1977)
16 August – Bahman Mofid, 78, actor (b. 1942)^[44]
18 August – Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri, 75, cleric and politician, member of the Assembly of Experts (b. 1944)
25 August – Ruhollah Hosseinian, 64, cleric and politician (b. 1956)
27 August – Siah Armajani, 81, sculptor and architect (b. 1939)^[45]
29 August – Serjik Teymourian, 46, footballer (b. 1974)
31 August – Farhad Ahmadi, 69, architecture (b. 1950)
12 September – Yousef Saanei, 82, cleric (b. 1937)
12 September – Navid Afkari, 26–27, wrestler (b. 1993)
18 September – Talat Basari, 97, writer and academic (b. 1923)
30 September – Abbas Javanmard, 91, actor and director (b. 1928)
1 October – Manouchehr Ashtiani, 89, sociologist (b. 1929)
6 October – Nosratollah Vahdat, 95, actor and director (b. 1925)
8 October – Mohammad Reza Shajarian, 80, singer (b. 1940)
12 October – Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, 80, archaeologist (b. 1940)
13 October – Akbar A'lami, 75, TV presenter (b. 1944)
16 October – Gholam-Abbas Tavassoli, 85, sociologist (b. 1935)
18 October – Laleh Bakhtiar, 82, translator (b. 1938)
24 October – Abbas Moayeri, 81, painter (b. 1939)
29 October – Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, 67, actor (b. 1953)
31 October – Jalal Malaksha, 69, poet (b. 1951)
8 November – Heidar Shonjani, 74, swimmer (b. 1945)
10 November – Mahmoud Yavari, 81, football coach (b. 1939)
10 November – Amir Yavari, 88, boxer (b. 1931)
22 November – Changiz Jalilvand, 82, dubler (b. 1938)
24 November – Kambuzia Partovi, 65, film director (b. 1955)
24 November – Mohammad Khadem, 85, wrestler (b. 1935)
27 November – Parviz Poorhosseini, 79, actor (b. 1941)
27 November – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, physician (b. 1961)
28 November – Mohammad-Ali Shahidi, 71, cleric and politician (b. 1949)
29 November – Ramesh, 74, singer and actress (b. 1946)
1 December – Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, 98, actor (b. 1922)
1 December – Mohammad Maleki, 87, writer and human rights activist (b. 1933)
9 December – Mohammad Yazdi, 89, cleric and politician (b. 1931)
12 December – Ruhollah Zam, 42, journalist (b. 1978)

Incumbents

Events

January

February

May

June

July

December

Deaths

References

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