2003 in Iran
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Events in the year 2003 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbents
- Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
- President: Mohammad Khatami
- Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref
- Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Events
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- October 21 - Iran agrees to suspend processing and enriching uranium and allow unannounced inspections by the IAEA.
- November 12 - The IAEA finds no evidence of a nuclear program but expresses concern about plutonium production.
- December 26 – The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shook southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
Notable births
Notable deaths
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- July 8 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins[1]
- September 6 – Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber, Mount Everest Summiter, died while climbing Gasherbrum I.
- July 11 – Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer murdered by the Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi. (b. 1949)[2]
References
- ^ "Surgeons' sorrow at death of twins". BBC News. 8 July 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Zahra Kazemi's killers still unpunished, 15 years after her death in custody". Reporters Without Borders. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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