Events in the year
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
in
Iran.
Incumbents
*
Supreme Leader of Iran:
Ali Khamenei
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنهای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...
*
President of Iran:
Ebrahim Raisi
*
Speaker of the Parliament:
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
*
Chief Justice:
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Events
January
* 18 January – At least 150 people are injured by a magnitude 5.8
earthquake in
Khoy,
Khoy County,
West Azerbaijan.
* 19 January – Iran and
South Korea summon each others'
ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
s in a deepening dispute between the countries, after
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Iran "the enemy of the
United Arab Emirates" while addressing
South Korean troops stationed there.
* 24 January – Two
police officers are killed and a third is injured in an attack in
Sistan and Baluchestan province.
* 27 January –
Attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran: A guard is killed and two others are injured during a shooting at the
Azerbaijani
embassy in
Tehran. The perpetrator is arrested.
* 28 January –
Drone attacks were reported across Iran.
February
* 23 February – Iran publicly acknowledges the
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...
accusation it has
enriched uranium to 84%, bringing it close to developing a
nuclear weapon. The
Iranian government maintains its nuclear program is "completely peaceful".
March
April
* 3 April – Two people are killed after heavy rain causes flash flooding across Iran.
* 8 April –
Police in Iran announce the installment of cameras in public places to identify and penalize women who do not observe
dressing codes for
hijab
In modern usage, hijab ( ar, حجاب, translit=ḥijāb, ) generally refers to headcoverings worn by Muslim women. Many Muslims believe it is obligatory for every female Muslim who has reached the age of puberty to wear a head covering. While ...
s, while also urging citizens to confront women who are not sufficiently covered.
* 20 April – An
Iranian Navy commander claims on state television that the Iranian Navy forced a U.S. submarine to surface as it transited the
Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz ( fa, تنگه هرمز ''Tangeh-ye Hormoz'' ar, مَضيق هُرمُز ''Maḍīq Hurmuz'') is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the ...
and that the submarine violated Iranian territorial waters. The U.S. denies the Iranian claims.
* 24 April – Iranian workers in major industries continue their
strike for a third day.
* 26 April
** Iranian
ayatollah and
Assembly of Experts member
Abbas-Ali Soleimani
Abbas-Ali Soleimani (; born 1947) is an Demographics of Iran, Iranian Shia cleric/ayatollah who was born in a religious family in Savadkuh, Mazandaran Province, Mazandaran. He is currently the new appointed representative of Guardianship of the Is ...
is
assassinated
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...
in a shooting at a bank in
Babolsar,
Mazandaran province. The perpetrator, a security guard at the bank, has been arrested by police.
** Six Iranian demonstrators are injured in clashes in
Fanuj
Fanuj ( fa, فنوج, also Romanized as Fanūj, Fannūj, Pannūj and Fānūch) is a city in and the capital of Fanuj District, in Fanuj County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
,
Sistan and Baluchistan province, after a teenager was killed when his motorcycle collided with a police car.
*30 April –
Iran evacuates 65 nationals from
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
with
Saudi Arabian assistance.
May
* 19 May – Three men are
executed in Iran. The three men were accused of "moharebeh" ("waging war against God"), killing three security officials in
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
in November, and for alleged cooperation with the
MEK. According to
human rights organizations, the men were denied due process, and were tortured and forced into televised confessions.
* 22 May – Five
Iranian border guards are killed and two others are injured in
Saravan,
Sistan and Baluchestan province, during a confrontation with an
armed group at
the border with
Pakistan.
June
* 1 June – A terrorist attack at the
Iran–Pakistan border kills two Pakistani border patrol officers.
* 18 June – Fourteen people die from drinking
bootleg alcohol in
Alborz province
Alborz Province ( fa, استان البرز, ''Ostān-e Alborz'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.[Foreign Minister
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...]
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that
Iran has started talks to revive the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; fa, برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک , barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (, ''BARJAM'')), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear ...
.
*16 September –
Human rights organizations say that
Iranian police arrested the father of
Mahsa Amini on the first anniversary of
her death.
*18 September – Iran announced that
a prisoner swap will take place today with the United States. Under the agreement, Iran will also have access to 6 billion
dollars frozen in
South Korea.
October
November
*3 November –
Langarud drug rehabilitation center fire: Thirty-two people are killed and 16 others are hospitalized following a fire at a
drug rehabilitation center
Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The general inte ...
in
Langarud,
Gilan.
December
*14 December –
Jaish ul-Adl militants attack a police station in
Rask
Rask may refer to:
Places in Iran
*Rask, Bardsir, a village in Kerman Province
* Rask, Qaleh Ganj, a village in Kerman Province
*Rask, Sarbaz
Rask ( fa, راسک, Rāsk; also romanized as Rāsak and Rāzk) is a city in and the capital of Sarbaz ...
,
Sistan and Baluchestan province, killing eleven officers and wounding others. Several gunmen are also killed in the ensuing
shootout.
*16 December –
Iran executes
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
an alleged
Mossad
Mossad ( , ), ; ar, الموساد, al-Mōsād, ; , short for ( he, המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, links=no), meaning 'Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations'. is the national intelligence agency ...
agent in
Sistan and Baluchistan province.
*18 December – Roughly half of Iranian national petrol stations are disrupted by
cyberattack
A cyberattack is any offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems, computer networks, infrastructures, or personal computer devices. An attacker is a person or process that attempts to access data, functions, or other restricted ...
s. Iranian state media reports that the
Israeli-linked Predator Sparrow group claims responsibility.
*25 December – High-ranking
Iranian general
Sayyed Razi Mousavi is killed in an
Israeli
airstrike
An airstrike, air strike or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft. Air strikes are delivered from aircraft such as blimps, balloons, fighters, heavy bombers, ground attack aircraft, attack helicopters and drones. The offic ...
in Syria.
*29 December – Four people are
executed by
hanging in
West Azerbaijan province, after being convicted for links to
Israel’s
Mossad
Mossad ( , ), ; ar, الموساد, al-Mōsād, ; , short for ( he, המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, links=no), meaning 'Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations'. is the national intelligence agency ...
spy agency.
Deaths
*7 January
**
Mohammad Mehdi Karami
Mohammad Mehdi Karami ( fa, محمدمهدی کرمی; – 7 January 2023) was a 21-year-old Iranian-Kurdish man who was executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran for his involvement in the Mahsa Amini protests. He was convicted of '' Fisad-e ...
, 21
**
Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, 39
*7 June –
The Iron Sheik, 81
*9 June -
Firouz Naderi
Firouz Michael Naderi ( fa, فیروز نادری: ''Fīrouz Nāderi''; born 25 March 1946) is an Iranian American scientist who spent 36 years in various technical and executive positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he c ...
, 77
References
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