2024 in Iran

Events in the year 2024 in Iran.

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Years in Iran

## Incumbents[edit]

* Supreme Leader of Iran: Ali Khamenei
* President of Iran: Ebrahim Raisi (until May 19), Muhammad Mukhbar (since May 19)
* Speaker of the Parliament: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
* Chief Justice: Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

## Events[edit]

### January[edit]

* 1 January – Iran formally joins the BRICS group.[1]
* 3 January – Kerman bombings: At least 103 people are killed in a bomb attack in Kerman, during a ceremony marking the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.[2]
* 11 January – 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 in the Gulf of Oman.[3]
* 15 January – The 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 launches a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.[4]
* 16 January:
* 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's Balochistan Province, 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]
* 17 January – Pakistan recalls its ambassador to Iran in response to the missile attack on its territory that killed two civilians.[7]
* 18 January – Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar: The Pakistan Air Force launches "precision airstrikes" on Baloch separatist targets inside Iran in response to Iranian missile strikes against Baloch separatist militants in Balochistan Province on 16 January. Camps belonging to the Baluch Liberation Front and Balochistan Liberation Army are reportedly hit. Explosions are reported in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the Iran–Pakistan border. Four women and three children are killed in the strikes, all of whom are foreign nationals.[8]
* 20 January – An Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, Syria, kills five IRGC members, including general Sadegh Omidzadeh.[9]
* 21 January – Five soldiers are killed after a fellow soldier opens fire inside a barracks dormitory in Kerman.[10]
* 25 January – 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 the IRGC and later sold to Russia.[11]
* 27 January – Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan.[12]
* 29 January – Four men are executed after being convicted of planning a bomb attack ordered by Israel’s spy agency Mossad on a factory making military equipment.[13]

### February[edit]

* 8 February – Meta removes the Instagram accounts of 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 February – Twelve people are killed after a man opens fire on his relatives during a family dispute at a village in Kerman province.[17]

### March[edit]

* 1 March –
* Grammy winner Shervin Hajipour is sentenced to jail and ordered to write anti-American music.[18]
* 2024 Iranian legislative election: Voter turnout reaches its the lowest levels recorded since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[19]
* 7 March – Iran confiscates the cargo of the American oil tanker Advantage Sweet in response to US-led sanctions restricting the sale of medication for epidermolysis bullosa to Iran.[20]
* 8 March – A UN fact-finding mission probe finds that human rights violations committed by the Iranian government amount to crimes against humanity.[21]
* 29 March – Pouria Zeraati, an anti-Iranian regime journalist working for Iran International, is stabbed by a unidentified attackers in London. He is taken to hospital, where he is in stable condition.[22]

### April[edit]

* 1 April – 2024 Iranian consulate airstrike in Damascus: An Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Damascus kills eight IRGC members, including brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi.[23]
* 4 April – Eleven IRGC officers and 16 militants are killed and ten other members of the security forces are injured in attacks by Jaish al-Adl in Chabahar and Rask, Sistan and Baluchestan.[24]
* 9 April – Six police officers are killed and two others are injured in an attack on their convoy in Sistan and Baluchestan.[25]
* 13 April –
* Iran seizes the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-registered, Madeira-flagged container ship leased by MSC from Gortal Shipping, which is an affiliate of Zodiac Maritime,[26] whose principal is an Israeli.[27]
* 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel: Iran launches between 400 and 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen.[28]
* 19 April –
* Missiles believed to be fired by the Israel Defense Forces allegedly hit sites near Isfahan, sites in Iraq and radar sites in Syria.[29]
* A man threatens to blow himself up near the Iranian Embassy in Paris, France, and is later arrested.[30]

### May[edit]

* 9 May – Iran warns it will build a nuclear weapon if Israel continues to target its nuclear facilities.[31]
* 10 May – 2024 Iranian legislative election (second round).[32]
* 16 May – Police arrest 264 people, including three Europeans, on charges of "spreading the culture of satanism and nudity" in Shahriar County, Tehran Province.[33]
* 19 May – A helicopter carrying eight people, including President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, and the Supreme Leader's representative in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem crashes in East Azerbaijan province, killing all occupants.[34][35][36]
* 20 May – First vice president of Iran Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi.[37]
* 29 May – Four Pakistanis are killed and two others are injured after their vehicle is fired upon by Iranian border guards near Mashkel, Pakistani Balochistan.[38]

### June[edit]

* 2 June – Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces he intends another run for President of Iran following the death of Ebrahim Raisi.[39]

### Scheduled events[edit]

* 28 June – 2024 Iranian presidential election[40]

## Deaths[edit]

* 1 January – Camila Batmanghelidjh, 61, Iranian-Belgian charity executive, founder of Kids Company.[41]
* 7 January – Tofy Mussivand, 81, Iranian-Canadian medical engineer.[42]
* 8 January – Shahla Lahiji, 81, writer.[43]
* 11 January – Fariyar Aminipour, 23, Muay Thai fighter.[44]
* 15 January – Karim Mojtahedi, 93, philosopher.[45]
* 20 January – Sadegh Omidzadeh, intelligence officer (Quds Force).[46]
* 23 January – Mohammad Ghobadloo, 23, political activist.[47]
* 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).[48]
* 19 May –
* Ebrahim Raisi, 63, President of Iran (2021–2024).
* Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, 60, Foreign Minister of Iran (2021–2024)
* Malek Rahmati, Governor General of East Azerbaijan province (2024)
* Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, 61–62, Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in East Azerbaijan province (2017–2024)

## References[edit]

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3. ^ "Iran seizes oil tanker St Nikolas near Oman". 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
4. ^ "IRGC claims deadly ballistic missile strikes on Erbil". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
5. ^ "Iran extends Nobel Prize winner's prison sentence". BBC News. 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
6. ^ "Iran attacks alleged militant bases in Pakistan; Islamabad says 'unprovoked' strikes kill 2 children". AP News. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
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9. ^ "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.
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11. ^ "US Offers $15m For Capture Of Iranian Businessman". Iran International. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
12. ^ "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.
13. ^ "Iran executes four convicted of Israeli bomb plot". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
14. ^ "Meta removes Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei's Instagram accounts". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
15. ^ "Two Basij Militia Killed In Attack On Iran's Southeast Railway". Iran International. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
16. ^ "Explosions rock Iranian gas pipeline in suspected 'terrorist action'". FOX News. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
17. ^ "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.
18. ^ Farda, RFE/RL's Radio. "Iranian Grammy Winner Sentenced To Prison, Writing Anti-U.S. Music". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
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21. ^ "Iran crushing peaceful protests led to 'crimes against humanity': UN mission". The Times of India. 2024-03-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
22. ^ "Iranian TV host stabbed outside London home". BBC News. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
23. ^ "Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, Iranian commanders among dead". Reuters. April 1, 2024.
24. ^ "At least 11 killed in attack on Iran's IRGC in border province: State media". -Al Jazeera. April 4, 2024.
25. ^ "Gunmen kill 6 policemen in an ambush in southeastern Iran, media reports say". -Associated Press. April 9, 2024.
26. ^ "Iran says MSC Aries vessel seized for 'violating maritime laws'". 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
27. ^ "Iran seizes Israel-linked cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz amid Middle East tensions". Firstpost. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
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32. ^ "Iranians vote in parliamentary runoff election after hard-liners dominate initial balloting". Associated Press. May 10, 2024.
33. ^ "Iran arrests 260 people, including 3 European citizens, for spreading 'satanism and nudity'". Associated Press. May 18, 2024.
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37. ^ "Iran's Khamenei confirms Mohammad Mokhber as interim president". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
38. ^ "7 Pakistani soldiers, 23 militants killed in separate shootouts during raids along the Afghan border". Associated Press. 27 May 2024.
39. ^ "Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election". ABC News. 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
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44. ^ Richards, Alex (2024-01-12). "Rising MMA star dies aged 23 after horrific motorbike crash in Thai tunnel". The Mirror. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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46. ^ "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.
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