Events in the year 2017 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Incumbents

Supreme Leader of Iran The supreme leader of Iran, also referred to as the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution, but officially called the supreme leadership authority, is the head of state and the highest political and religious authority of Iran (above the Presi ...

Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

President of Iran The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran () is the head of government of the Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran and the second highest-ranking official, after the Supreme Leader of Iran, supreme leader. The 1980 Iranian presidential election, fi ...

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani (; born Hassan Fereydoun, 12 November 1948) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He is also a sharia lawyer ("Wakil"), academic, former diplomat and Islamic cl ...

Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly (), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the unicameral national legislative body of Iran. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives, an i ...

Ali Larijani Ali Ardashir Larijani (born 3 June 1958) is an Iranian politician and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. He has been a member of the Expediency ...

* Judiciary System of Iran:

Sadeq Larijani Sadiq Ardashir Larijani (born 12 March 1963) is an Iranian cleric and politician who currently serves as the chairman of Expediency Discernment Council since 2018. He previously served as the sixth chief justice of Iran from 2009 to 2019. Lar ...

Events

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January

* January 8 –

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani (25 August 19348 January 2017) was an Iranian cleric, politician and writer who served as the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. One of the founding fathers of the Government of Iran, Islamic Republic, ...

, one of the founding fathers of the

Islamic Republic The term Islamic republic has been used in different ways. Some Muslim religious leaders have used it as the name for a form of Islamic theocratic government enforcing sharia, or laws compatible with sharia. The term has also been used for a s ...

who was the fourth

, dies. * January 10 – The

state funeral A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements o ...

of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in Tehran is attended by millions. * January 19 – The Plasco Building in Tehran, which was once Iran's tallest building, collapses in a fire.

May

* May 3 – The Zemestan-Yurt coal mine disaster occurs in Golestan province, with forty-two individuals dying. * May 19 –

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

wins re-election against rival

Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisolsadati (14 December 1960 – 19 May 2024), better known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash, his death in a helicopter crash in 202 ...

in the national elections, with 57.14% of the vote going to Rouhani.

June

* June 7 – Terrorist attacks in Tehran leaves eighteen civilians killed and fifty-two others injured, with the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied signi ...

(ISIL) terrorist group claiming responsibility. * June 9 – Official state funeral for victims of the Tehran attacks is held and attended by multiple Iranian officials. * June 10 – ISIL operational commander and mastermind of the terrorist events dies at the hands of security forces.

July

* July 15 –

Maryam Mirzakhani Maryam Mirzakhani (, ; 12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller space, Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic the ...

, an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, dies. * July 28 – Successful Launch of Simorgh Satellite and opening Emam Khomeini Space Station

September

October

* October 2 –

Iran nuclear deal The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; (, BARJAM)), also known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement to limit the Iranian nuclear program in return for sanctions relief and other provisions. The agreement was finalize ...

cover by Russia official, US ambassador to UN warns, Russia is backing shield prevent passed to an agreement.

November

* November 12 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes Iran near the border with Iraq, killing at least 630 people and injuring 8,100 others.

December

* December 28 – The 2017 Iranian protests begin. * December 29 – Protesters take to the streets for a second day against the government in several cities. * December 30 – Two protesters are reportedly shot dead by riot police in

Dorud Dorud () is a city in the Central District of Dorud County, Lorestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 100,5 ...

Lorestan province Lorestan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad. Lorestan is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km2. In 2014 it was placed in Region ...

while protests spread further. * December 31 – Access to

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and

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were banned following the rising protests. President Rouhani however acknowledges the discontent of the Iranians.

Notable deaths

* January 8 –

, former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (born 1934) * July 15 –

, was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. (born 1977)

References

{{Year in Asia, 2017 2010s in Iran Years of the 21st century in Iran

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...