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List of events
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.[
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