2024 in Iran
Events in the year 2024 in Iran.
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See also: | Other events of 2024 Years in Iran |
Incumbents[edit]
- Supreme Leader of Iran: Ali Khamenei
- President of Iran: Ebrahim Raisi
- Speaker of the Parliament: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
- Chief Justice: Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Events[edit]
- January 1 – Iran formally joins the BRICS group.[1]
- January 3 – Kerman bombings: Over 103 people are killed in a bombing attack in Kerman, during a ceremony marking the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.[2]
- January 11 – Seizure of the St Nikolas: The Iranian Navy seizes control of the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-controlled & Greek-operated civilian oil tanker St Nikolas.[3]
- January 15 – Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kills four people and injures five others in a ballistic missile and drone attack on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The IRGC also says that they launched a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.[4]
- January 16:
- The Iranian government extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's jail term of 12 years for "spreading propaganda".[5]
- Iran launches a missile attack within Pakistan, targeting what it describes are terrorist sites. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace resulting in the death of two children and injuries to three others.[6]
- January 17 – Pakistan recalls its ambassador to Iran in response to the missile attack on its territory that killed two civilians.[7]
- January 18 – Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar: The Pakistan Air Force launches "precision airstrikes" on Baloch separatist targets inside Iran a day after Iranian missile strikes against Baloch separatist militants in Balochistan, killed at least two civilians. Camps belonging to the Baluch Liberation Front and Balochistan Liberation Army are reportedly hit. Explosions are reported in the city of Saravan. Four women and three children are killed in the strikes, all of whom are foreign nationals.[8] There are fears that the conflict could escalate.[9]
- January 20 – An Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, Syria, kills five members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including general Sadegh Omidzadeh.[10]
- January 25 – The United States Department of Commerce issues a $15 million bounty for information on Hossein Hatefi Ardakani, an Iranian businessman accused of procuring parts for drones assembled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and later sold to Russia.[11]
- 27 January – Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the Iran–Pakistan border.[12]
- 29 January – Four men are executed in Iran after being convicted of planning a bomb attack ordered by Israel’s Mossad agency on a factory making military equipment.[13]
- 8 February – Meta removes the Instagram accounts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for violating its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy".[14]
- 11 February – Two Basij members are killed in an attack on an outpost in Sistan and Baluchestan province.[15]
- 14 February – Explosions occurred along the route of a natural gas pipeline spanning from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province to the Caspian Sea. Officials blamed the incident on "terrorism and sabotage".[16]
- 17 January – Twelve people are killed after a man opened fire against his relatives during a family dispute at a village in Kerman province.[17]
Deaths[edit]
- 1 January – Camila Batmanghelidjh, 61, Iranian-Belgian charity executive, founder of Kids Company.[18]
- 7 January – Tofy Mussivand, 81, Iranian-Canadian medical engineer.[19]
- 8 January – Shahla Lahiji, 81, writer.[20]
- 11 January – Fariyar Aminipour, 23, Muay Thai fighter.[21]
- 15 January – Karim Mojtahedi, 93, philosopher.[22]
- 20 January – Sadegh Omidzadeh, Iranian intelligence officer (Quds Force).[23]
- 23 January – Mohammad Ghobadloo, 23, Iranian political activist.[24]
- 28 January – Abdul-Nabi Namazi, 75–76, Twelver Shia cleric and politician, prosecutor-general (2001–2004) and member of the Assembly of Experts (since 1990).[25]
References[edit]
- ^ "Iran joins BRICS group formally in 2024". Tehran Times. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Yee, Vivian; Fassihi, Farnaz (3 January 2024). "Bombing in Iran Kills over 100, Sowing Confusion and Speculation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03.
- ^ "Iran seizes oil tanker St Nikolas near Oman". 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "IRGC claims deadly ballistic missile strikes on Erbil". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Iran extends Nobel Prize winner's prison sentence". BBC News. 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Iran attacks alleged militant bases in Pakistan; Islamabad says 'unprovoked' strikes kill 2 children". AP News. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Belam, Martin; Gecsoyler, Sammy; Ahmad, Reged; Gecsoyler, Martin Belam (now); Sammy; Ahmad (earlier), Reged (2024-01-17). "Middle East crisis live: Pakistan recalls ambassador from Iran and bars Iranian counterpart after missile strike". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Siddiqui, Usaid. "Pakistan-Iran attacks updates: 9 killed near Iran's southeast border". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "What is behind Iran-Pakistan attacks and could conflict escalate?". Reuters. Jan 19, 2024.
- ^ "بينهم 3 من قيادات "الحرس الثوري" الإيراني.. 10 قتلى في الاستهداف الإسرائيلي لمبنى في دمشق | المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان" (in Arabic). 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "US Offers $15m For Capture Of Iranian Businessman". Iran International. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Iran-Pakistan tensions rise again: Unidentified gunmen kill 9 Pakistanis in Iranian city of Saravan". The Times of India. 2024-01-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ "Iran executes four convicted of Israeli bomb plot". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Meta removes Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei's Instagram accounts". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ "Two Basij Militia Killed In Attack On Iran's Southeast Railway". Iran International. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Explosions rock Iranian gas pipeline in suspected 'terrorist action'". FOX News. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "A man in Iran guns down 12 relatives in a shooting rampage with a Kalashnikov rifle". AP News. 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ Butler, Patrick (2024-01-02). "Kids Company charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh dies aged 61". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ "Remembering the life of Tofigh Mussivand". ottawacitizen.remembering.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ جهان, Fararu | فرارو | اخبار روز ایران و. "شهلا لاهیجی؛ نخستین زن ناشر ایران درگذشت". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ Richards, Alex (2024-01-12). "Rising MMA star dies aged 23 after horrific motorbike crash in Thai tunnel". The Mirror. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "کریم مجتهدی درگذشت". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Israel Airstrike Hits Iranian Paramilitary Site at Damascus, Killing at Least Four, Officials Say". The New York Sun. 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Iranian judiciary executed a Mentally disordered inmate sentenced to death for alleged involvement in protests". Hengaw (in Kurdish (Arabic script)). Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Behnegarsoft.com (2024-01-28). "آیت الله عبدالنبی نمازی درگذشت". جهان نيوز (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-01-28.