2020 in Iran
Events in the year 2020 in Iran.
Incumbents
- Supreme Leader of Iran: Ali Khamenei
- President of Iran: Hassan Rouhani
- Chairman of the Parliament: Ali Larijani, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
- Judiciary System of Iran: Ebrahim Raisi
Events
January
- January 3 - A U.S. coordinated airstrike near Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.
- January 7 - A stampede at the burial procession of Qasem Soleimani killed at least 56 people and injured over 200.
- January 8
- * Ballistic missiles from Iran strike two United States military bases in Iraq.
- * Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes after being shot down by Iranian missiles near Tehran shortly after take-off with 176 passengers and crew on board. All 176 passengers and crew died.
- January 9 - A bus crashes in Mazandaran province, killing at least 20 passengers and injuring 24 others.
- January 11 – the British Ambassador to Iran is arrested and released shortly after.
- January 12
- *Hundreds of Iranians attend anti-government protest after government admits shooting down a Ukrainian airplane due to human error.
- *Kimia Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal in Taekwondo during the 2016 Summer Olympics, has defected to an undisclosed country. It is unclear if she will compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics
- January 22
- * Masked gunmen kill local security leader, Abdolhossein Mojaddami, head of a unit of the Revolutionary Guard.
February
- 19 February – The first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in Qom, marking the beginning of the pandemic in the country.
- 21 February – Scheduled date for the 2020 Iranian legislative election.
- 23 February – 2020 Khoy earthquake
- 29 February – 43 people have died and 593 are infected with COVID-19.
May
- 10 May – an anti-ship missile fired from the hit the support vessel, killing 19 and wounding 15 of the crew of the Konarak.
June
- 25 June – The first of the 2020 Iran explosions occurs
- 26 June – An explosion occurred at a Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group facility outside of Tehran, which houses the Khojir missile facility.
July
- 2 July – The Natanz incident occurred, wherein the centrifuge assembly center at the Natanz nuclear site was destroyed.
December
- 3 December – Iran surpasses 1 million cases of COVID-19.
Deaths
- 3 January – Qasem Soleimani, 62, major general, commander of the Quds Force
- 19 February – Yervand Manaryan, 95, actor
- 27 February – Hadi Khosroshahi, 81, cleric and diplomat
- 28 February
- *Mahmoud Khayami, 90, industrialist and philanthropist
- *Malakeh Ranjbar, 81, actress,
- 1 March – Siamand Rahman, 31, powerlifter, paralympic champion
- 3 March – Ahmad NikTalab, 85, poet, author, and linguistic
- 5 March – Hossein Sheikholesam, 67, politician,
- 4 March – Eskandar Firouz, 93, environmentalist and politician
- 7 March
- *Fatemeh Rahbar, 55, politician, member-elect of the parliament,
- *Houshang Zarif, 81, tar player, heart failure
- 13 March – Nasser Shabani, 62–63, brigadier general, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- 15 March – Mohammad Ami-Tehrani, 84, olympic weightlifter
- 16 March –
- *Hashem Bathaie Golpayenagi, 78–79, cleric, member of the Assembly of Experts
- *Fariborz Raisdana, 75, economist
- 19 March – Hamid Kohram, 61–62, politician
- 22 March – Behrouz Rahbar, 74, olympic racing cyclist
- 23 March – Hassan Akbarzadeh, 93, researcher and mathematician
- 24 March – Abbasgholi Daneshvar, 95, physician and surgeon
- 25 March –
- *Edman Ayvazyan, 87, painter
- *Farzaneh Taidi, 74, actress
- 27 March – Daniel Gevargiz, 79, olympic weightlifter
- 30 March – Kioumars Darembakhsh, 74, writer and photographer
- 5 April – Homayoun Khosravi, 66, musician
- 11 April – Pari Mansouri, 85, writer and translator
- 15 April – Siamak Shayeghi, 65, film director and producer
- 24 April – Ebrahim Amini, 94, cleric and politician, member of the Assembly of Experts
- 26 April – Abolfazl Salabi, 95, basketball player
- 4 May – Najaf Daryabandari, 90, writer
- 16 May – Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, 67–6, politician and diplomat
- 25 May – Sedigheh Kianfar, 87, actress
- 5 June – Marjan, 71, singer and actress
- 6 June – Mehdi Nikbakht, 40, poet and daf player
- 9 June – Parviz Aboutaleb, 77–78, footballer and coach
- 14 June – Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, 90, actor
- 19 June – Alborz Zarei, 38, climber and environmentalist
- 19 June – Gholamreza Mansouri, 54, judge
- 27 June – David Stronach, 89, archaeologist of ancient Iran
- 1 July – Sirous Gorjestani, 75, actor
- 8 July – Houshang Seddigh, 72, pilot and commander of the Air Force
- 14 July – Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh, 75, politician
- 18 July – Ali Mirzaei, 91, weightlifter
- 18 July – Saeed Ghaemmaghami, 76, journalist
- 20 July – Ahmad Pourmokhber, 79, actor
- 28 July – Badr al-Zamān Qarīb, 90, linguist
- 1 August – Khosrow Sinai, 79, film director
- 3 August – Mohammad Reza Navaei, 71, wrestler
- 7 August – Mahchehreh Khalili, 43, actress
- 16 August – Bahman Mofid, 78, actor
- 18 August – Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri, 75, cleric and politician, member of the Assembly of Experts
- 25 August – Ruhollah Hosseinian, 64, cleric and politician
- 27 August – Siah Armajani, 81, sculptor and architect
- 29 August – Serjik Teymourian, 46, footballer
- 31 August – Farhad Ahmadi, 69, architecture
- 12 September – Yousef Saanei, 82, cleric
- 12 September – Navid Afkari, 26–27, wrestler
- 18 September – Talat Basari, 97, writer and academic
- 30 September – Abbas Javanmard, 91, actor and director
- 1 October – Manouchehr Ashtiani, 89, sociologist
- 6 October – Nosratollah Vahdat, 95, actor and director
- 8 October – Mohammad Reza Shajarian, 80, singer
- 12 October – Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, 80, archaeologist
- 13 October – Akbar A'lami, 75, TV presenter
- 16 October – Gholam-Abbas Tavassoli, 85, sociologist
- 18 October – Laleh Bakhtiar, 82, translator
- 24 October – Abbas Moayeri, 81, painter
- 29 October – Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, 67, actor
- 31 October – Jalal Malaksha, 69, poet
- 8 November – Heidar Shonjani, 74, swimmer
- 10 November – Mahmoud Yavari, 81, football coach
- 10 November – Amir Yavari, 88, boxer
- 22 November – Changiz Jalilvand, 82, dubler
- 24 November – Kambuzia Partovi, 65, film director
- 24 November – Mohammad Khadem, 85, wrestler
- 27 November – Parviz Poorhosseini, 79, actor
- 27 November – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, physician
- 28 November – Mohammad-Ali Shahidi, 71, cleric and politician
- 29 November – Ramesh, 74, singer and actress
- 1 December – Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, 98, actor
- 1 December – Mohammad Maleki, 87, writer and human rights activist
- 9 December – Mohammad Yazdi, 89, cleric and politician
- 12 December – Ruhollah Zam, 42, journalist