2010 in Iran

none 2010 Events in the year 2010 in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Incumbents Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vice President: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Chief Justice: Sadeq Larijani Events January 5 – Iran bans its citizens from contact with 60 international organisations and media outlets over claims they conspired against the country.(The Times) January 8 – Mehdi Karroubi's car is hit by fire in Qazvin, Iran.(BBC) January 12 – Masoud Alimohammadi, an Iranian nuclear physics professor, is killed in a bomb attack in the capital Tehran; Iran state media accuses Israel and the United States of involvement.(BBC) January 19 – Iran rejects a deal offered by the International Atomic Energy Agency to exchange low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.(BBC) January 23 – A passenger train in Iran derails, killing at least eight people and wounding at least fifteen others.(Reuters) January 24 – Taban Air Flight 6437: A flight operated by Kolavia on behalf of Taban Air crashes on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Iran, injuring at least 46 people.(BBC) January 28 – Iran executes two opposition supporters for their role in the election protests in the country.(The Times) February 7 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad orders his country's atomic agency to begin enriching uranium to a higher level.(The New York Times) March 2011 February 11 – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran is now a nuclear state, following a successful 20% uranium enrichment.(New York Times) March 19 – Former Iranian Vice-President Hossein Marashi is jailed after being accused of spreading propaganda.(BBC) March 31 – Shahram Amiri, a scientist involved in Iran's nuclear program, defects to the United States and begins talking to the Central Intelligence Agency.(ABC News) April 5 – Iran invites 60 countries to a two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran on April 17–18, entitled "Nuclear energy for everyone, nuclear arms for no one". China says it will attend the conference which invites "the world to disarm and prevent proliferation".(Al Jazeera) April 20 – Speaking in Tehran, Iranian Islamic cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi blames promiscuous women for causing earthquakes.(BBC) April 30 – Iran threatens to "cut off Israel's feet" if Israel attacks Syria.(Jerusalem Post) May 24 – Iran's largest water supply project is inaugurated in Khorramshahr.(Tehran Times) June 18 – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) starts designing a newer and a more powerful nuclear research reactor than the current Tehran reactor, according to AEOI director Ali Akbar Salehi.(Tehran Times) July 9 – Iran announces that women convicted of adultery will no longer face stoning to death after international concern. They may, however, still face the death penalty.(BBC News) July 15 – July 2010 Zahedan bombings: More than 20 people are killed and 100 injured in a suicide attack at a mosque in southeastern Iran.(BBC) July 23 – President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces plans to launch a crewed shuttle into space by 2019.(BBC) July 31 – Mohammad Nouri, 80, Iranian singer, blood disorder.2010-08-01 Solo tenor Mohammad Nuri dies at 81 https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/224085/Solo-tenor-Mohammad-Nuri-dies-at-81 2025-11-05 Tehran Times en August 12 – Mohammad Ali Taraghijah, 67, Iranian painter.2010-08-14 Painter Mohhamd-Ali Tarraqijah dies at 67 - Mehr News Agency https://en.mehrnews.com/news/41326/Painter-Mohhamd-Ali-Tarraqijah-dies-at-67/ 2025-11-05 en.mehrnews.com August 21 – Russian engineers start loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.(Reuters) August 27 – The 5.8 w Damghan earthquake shook northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Four people were killed, 40 were injured, and 800 were made homeless. September 10 – Up to 10 people are killed and 50 are injured in an oil pipeline blast in northeastern Iran.2010-09-11 Up to 10 killed in Iran pipeline blast: report https://www.reuters.com/article/world/up-to-10-killed-in-iran-pipeline-blast-report-idUSTRE68A0Z3/ limited 2025-11-05 Reuters September 15 – 2009–2010 detention of American hikers by Iran: Iran releases United States hiker Sarah Shourd from Evin Prison following payment of bail.(CNN) September 22 – At least a dozen Iranians are killed and 81 are wounded in a bomb attack on a military parade in the Kurdish town of Mahabad according to reports from Iranian Arabic language television Al-Alam.(Reuters) September 28 – Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, the founder of one of the first Persian-language blogs, is sentenced to 19 years imprisonment in an Iranian court for "anti-state activity".(BBC) October 13 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Lebanon amidst concern from Israel and United States.(BBC) October 26 – Iran starts loading fuel into the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, its first nuclear power plant.(BBC) November 21 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects the country's once effective family planning program as an "ungodly Western import" and urges girls to marry at age of 16.(Ynet) November 29 – Iranian nuclear scientist Majid Shahriari is killed and his wife injured, while another scientist is wounded during two attacks in Tehran. Iran says Western governments and Israel may have carried out the killing.(BBC) Notable deaths thumb|150px|Marzieh January 3 – Ali Safi Golpaygani, 96, Iranian Marja', natural causes.ایرنا: آیت الله علی صافی گلپایگانی درگذشت January 12 – Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, 50, Iranian nuclear scientist, bomb blast.Nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi assassinated in Tehran January 13, 2010 The Australian 2011-08-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20110831132108/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/nuclear-scientist-ali-mohammadi-assassinated-in-tehran/story-e6frg6so-1225818621514 subscription live https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/nuclear-scientist-ali-mohammadi-assassinated-in-tehran/news-story/da66e0ec10d5e6d2e452424664b4b5e7 January 15 – Bahman Jalali, 65, Iranian photographer, pancreatic cancer.2010-01-16 IPC ready to preserve Jalali’s Qajar collection https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/212380/IPC-ready-to-preserve-Jalali-s-Qajar-collection 2025-11-05 Tehran Times en January 28 – Arash Rahmanipour, c.20, Iranian activist, hanging.BBC News – Iran 'executes two over post-election unrest' January 28 – Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, c.38, Iranian activist, hanging. March 6 – Mansour Amir-Asefi, 76, Iranian Olympic footballer, cancer.tehran times : Former Persepolis coach Amirasefi dies at 77 April 19 – Hamideh Kheirabadi, 85, Iranian actress, stroke.tehran times : Mother of Iranian cinema Hamideh Kheirabadi dies at 86 May 9 – Farzad Kamangar, 32, Iranian activist, execution by hanging.FARZAD KAMANGAR and 4 Other political prisoners EXECUTED! Street Journalist https://web.archive.org/web/20100923140543/http://www.astreetjournalist.com/2010/05/09/farzad-kamangar-and-4-other-political-prisoners-executed/ 2010-09-23 May 24 – Abdolhamid Rigi, c.31, Iranian militant, execution by hanging.http://tabnak.ir/fa/pages/?cid=100369 واکنش والدین همسر ریگی به اعدام وی 2010-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527084343/http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/pages/?cid=100369 2010-05-27 dead June 20 – Abdolmalek Rigi, 27, Iranian Sunni Islamist militant, leader of Jundallah, execution by hanging.BBC News – Iran hangs Sunni militant leader Abdolmalek Rigi October 13 – Marzieh, 86, Iranian singer, cancer.Marzieh, Iranian Singer and Voice of Dissent, Dies at 86 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com November 29 – Majid Shahriari, Iranian nuclear scientist, car bomb. December 1 – Shahla Jahed, 39, Iranian convicted murderer, hanged. References 30em External links