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* March 21 – [[Khadijeh Saqafi]], 93, Iranian widow of religious/political leader [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], after long illness.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/world/middleeast/24saqafi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss]</ref> |
* March 21 – [[Khadijeh Saqafi]], 93, Iranian widow of religious/political leader [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], after long illness.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/world/middleeast/24saqafi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss]</ref> |
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* May 1 – [[Delara Darabi]], 22, Iranian convicted murderer, [[capital punishment|executed]] by [[hanging]].<ref>[http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/1007.html]</ref> |
* May 1 – [[Delara Darabi]], 22, Iranian convicted murderer, [[capital punishment|executed]] by [[hanging]].<ref>[http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/1007.html]</ref> |
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* May 15 – [[Mohammad-Amin Riahi]], 86, Iranian [[historian]] and [[literature|literary]] [[scholarly method|scholar]].<ref> |
* May 15 – [[Mohammad-Amin Riahi]], 86, Iranian [[historian]] and [[literature|literary]] [[scholarly method|scholar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chnpress.com/news/?id=8433§ion=2 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223140801/http://www.chnpress.com/news/?id=8433§ion=2 |archivedate=2012-02-23 |df= }}</ref> |
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* May 17 – [[Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani]], 96, Iranian [[cleric]], [[heart disease]].<ref> |
* May 17 – [[Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani]], 96, Iranian [[cleric]], [[heart disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=95056§ionid=351020101 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521124834/http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=95056§ionid=351020101 |archivedate=2009-05-21 |df= }}</ref> |
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* June 20 – [[Death of Neda Agha-Soltan|Neda Agha-Soltan]], 26, Iranian [[student]], [[ballistic trauma|shot]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6562649.ece]</ref> |
* June 20 – [[Death of Neda Agha-Soltan|Neda Agha-Soltan]], 26, Iranian [[student]], [[ballistic trauma|shot]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6562649.ece]</ref> |
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* June 29 – [[Mohammad Hoqouqi]], 72, Iranian [[poet]], [[cirrhosis]].<ref> |
* June 29 – [[Mohammad Hoqouqi]], 72, Iranian [[poet]], [[cirrhosis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99422§ionid=351020105 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915041006/http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99422§ionid=351020105 |archivedate=2012-09-15 |df= }}</ref> |
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* August 11 – [[Behjat Sadr]], 85, Iranian [[Painting|painter]], [[heart attack]].<ref> |
* August 11 – [[Behjat Sadr]], 85, Iranian [[Painting|painter]], [[heart attack]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=928768 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-09-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308200606/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=928768 |archivedate=2012-03-08 |df= }}</ref> |
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* September 21 – [[Parviz Meshkatian]], 54, Iranian [[musician]] and [[composer]], [[cardiac arrest]].<ref>[http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106761§ionid=351020105]</ref> |
* September 21 – [[Parviz Meshkatian]], 54, Iranian [[musician]] and [[composer]], [[cardiac arrest]].<ref>[http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106761§ionid=351020105]</ref> |
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* November 9 – [[Mehdi Sahabi]], 66, Iranian [[writer]] and [[translation|translator]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=207739]</ref> |
* November 9 – [[Mehdi Sahabi]], 66, Iranian [[writer]] and [[translation|translator]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=207739]</ref> |
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* November 10 – [[Ramin Pourandarjani]], 26, Iranian [[physician|doctor]], [[whistleblower]] on use of [[torture]], [[poison]]ed.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/02/iran-whistleblower-torture-protesters]</ref> |
* November 10 – [[Ramin Pourandarjani]], 26, Iranian [[physician|doctor]], [[whistleblower]] on use of [[torture]], [[poison]]ed.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/02/iran-whistleblower-torture-protesters]</ref> |
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* November 11 – [[Ehsan Fatahian]], 28, Iranian [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] [[activist]], [[capital punishment|executed]] by [[hanging]].<ref> |
* November 11 – [[Ehsan Fatahian]], 28, Iranian [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] [[activist]], [[capital punishment|executed]] by [[hanging]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mideastyouth.com/2009/11/11/ehsan-fattahian-was-hanged-this-morning-in-iran/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-12-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113075621/http://www.mideastyouth.com/2009/11/11/ehsan-fattahian-was-hanged-this-morning-in-iran/ |archivedate=2009-11-13 |df= }}</ref> |
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* November 17 – [[Niku Kheradmand]], 77, Iranian [[actress]], complications of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=208264]</ref> |
* November 17 – [[Niku Kheradmand]], 77, Iranian [[actress]], complications of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=208264]</ref> |
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* November 22 – [[Ali Kordan]], 51, Iranian [[politician]], [[Ministry of Interior (Iran)|Minister of the Interior]] (2008), [[multiple myeloma]].<ref> |
* November 22 – [[Ali Kordan]], 51, Iranian [[politician]], [[Ministry of Interior (Iran)|Minister of the Interior]] (2008), [[multiple myeloma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111920§ionid=351020101 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127060229/http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111920§ionid=351020101 |archivedate=2009-11-27 |df= }}</ref> |
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* December 9 – [[Faramarz Payvar]], 77, Iranian [[composer]] and [[Santoor (Persian instrument)|santur]] player, [[brain damage]].<ref> |
* December 9 – [[Faramarz Payvar]], 77, Iranian [[composer]] and [[Santoor (Persian instrument)|santur]] player, [[brain damage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113302§ionid=351020105 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924141730/http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113302§ionid=351020105 |archivedate=2012-09-24 |df= }}</ref> |
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* December 19 – [[Grand Ayatollah]] [[Hussein-Ali Montazeri]], 87, Iranian [[cleric]] and [[dissident]], [[death by natural causes|natural causes]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8423046.stm]</ref> |
* December 19 – [[Grand Ayatollah]] [[Hussein-Ali Montazeri]], 87, Iranian [[cleric]] and [[dissident]], [[death by natural causes|natural causes]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8423046.stm]</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:46, 18 June 2017
| Years in Iran: | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 |
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s |
| Years: | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 |
Events in the year 2009 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbents
- Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
- President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Vice President:
- until 25 July: Parviz Davoodi
- 17 July–25 July: Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
- starting 13 September: Mohammad Reza Rahimi
- Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (until 30 June), Sadeq Larijani (starting 30 June)
Events
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- February 2 – Iran's first domestically constructed satellite, Omid, is launched.[1]
- March 7 – Morocco terminates diplomatic relations with Iran.[2]
- March 18 – Somali pirates hijack an Iranian fishing vessel in the Gulf of Aden.[3]
- April 18 – Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is charged with espionage and imprisoned in Iran until 2017.[4]
- May 4 – A bus collides with a building in Īlām Province, Iran, killing 28 people and injuring nine others.[5]
- May 20 – Iran launches a Sejjil-2 medium-range surface-to-surface missile.[6]
- May 30 – A bomb is discovered and defused aboard a Kish Air flight between Ahvaz and Tehran, Iran.[7]
- June 12 – Iran goes to the polls for its presidential election.[8]
- June 13 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reelected as the President of Iran, although opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi demands a recount.[9]
- June 20 – A suicide bomb reportedly explodes at the shrine of former Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.[10]
- June 22 – The Iranian Revolutionary Guard warns that it will 'crush' any further protests.[11]
- June 23 – The Guardian Council rules out a re-run of the presidential election saying that there was no sign of serious electoral fraud in the June 12 vote.[12]
- June 24 – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declares the recent election result will stand.[13]
- July 15 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, flying from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia with 153 passengers and 15 crew members on board, crashes in Iran shortly after takeoff.[14]
- July 24 – Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least 17 people and injuring 19 of the 153 people on board.[15]
- July 28 – Iran releases 140 people detained in its post-election unrest as the supreme leader orders a prison where jailed protesters were killed be closed.[16]
- July 30 – Iranian police clash with mourners at a Tehranian cemetery for a memorial to those killed in post-election violence, using teargas to disperse crowds from the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan and forcing Opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi to make his exit.[17]
- August 3 – Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei formally approves the second-term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[18]
- August 5 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sworn in as President of Iran for a second term.[19]
- October 18 – 2009 Pishin bombing: a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a meeting in the southeastern Iranian town of Pishin in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The attack killed at least 43 people including several senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards,[20][21] and injured a further 150.[22] The Sunni rebel organization Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack.[23]
- November 4 – Around 700 people are injured in two earthquakes in southern Iran.[24]
- November 9 – Three American hikers detained on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran are to be charged for espionage by Iranian authorities.[25]
- November 29 – The Iranian government approves plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants.[26]
- December 28 – Iran declares martial law in Najafabad following a week of protest and 2 days of violence.[27]
Notable deaths
- January 30 – Safar Iranpak, 61, Iranian footballer, lung cancer.[28]
- February 2 – Ezzat Negahban, c. 82, Iranian archaeologist.[29]
- March 21 – Khadijeh Saqafi, 93, Iranian widow of religious/political leader Ruhollah Khomeini, after long illness.[30]
- May 1 – Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.[31]
- May 15 – Mohammad-Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar.[32]
- May 17 – Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, 96, Iranian cleric, heart disease.[33]
- June 20 – Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, Iranian student, shot.[34]
- June 29 – Mohammad Hoqouqi, 72, Iranian poet, cirrhosis.[35]
- August 11 – Behjat Sadr, 85, Iranian painter, heart attack.[36]
- September 21 – Parviz Meshkatian, 54, Iranian musician and composer, cardiac arrest.[37]
- November 9 – Mehdi Sahabi, 66, Iranian writer and translator, heart attack.[38]
- November 10 – Ramin Pourandarjani, 26, Iranian doctor, whistleblower on use of torture, poisoned.[39]
- November 11 – Ehsan Fatahian, 28, Iranian Kurdish activist, executed by hanging.[40]
- November 17 – Niku Kheradmand, 77, Iranian actress, complications of a heart attack.[41]
- November 22 – Ali Kordan, 51, Iranian politician, Minister of the Interior (2008), multiple myeloma.[42]
- December 9 – Faramarz Payvar, 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.[43]
- December 19 – Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, 87, Iranian cleric and dissident, natural causes.[44]
References
- ^ (Reuters)
- ^ (AP via Google News)
- ^ (Horseed)
- ^ (BBC)
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- ^ (CNN)
- ^ (BBC)
- ^ (BBC News)
- ^ (CTV)
- ^ (Al Jazeera)
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- ^ (BBC)
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- ^ (BBC)
- ^ (The Daily Telegraph)
- ^ (BBC)
- ^ (BBC)
- ^ (BBC)
- ^ PressTV/Iran Today/The Bloody Terrorist attack in Baluchistan/27/10/2009
- ^ Iranian commanders assassinated. BBC News. October 18, 2009.
- ^ UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Iran. Xinhua. October 20, 2009.
- ^ Jundullah claims responsibility for terror attack. Press TV. October 18, 2009.
- ^ (CNN)
- ^ (The Independent)
- ^ (Sky News)
- ^ (WashingtonTV)
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