2009 in Iran

none 2009 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 thumb|150px|upright|Protesters in Tehran during the 2009 Iranian election protests, 16 June 2009 February 2 – Iran's first domestically constructed satellite, Omid, is launched.(Reuters) March 7 – Morocco terminates diplomatic relations with Iran.(AP via Google News) March 18 – Somali pirates hijack an Iranian fishing vessel in the Gulf of Aden.http://english.horseedmedia.net/news/12001.shtml (Horseed) 2010-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20090326130812/http://english.horseedmedia.net/news/12001.shtml 2009-03-26 dead April 18 – Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is charged with espionage and imprisoned in Iran until 2017.(BBC) May 4 – A bus collides with a building in Īlām Province, Iran, killing 28 people and injuring nine others.(BBC) May 20 – Iran launches a Sejjil-2 medium-range surface-to-surface missile.(BBC) May 30 – A bomb is discovered and defused aboard a Kish Air flight between Ahvaz and Tehran, Iran.(CNN) June 12 – Iran goes to the polls for its presidential election.(BBC) June 13 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reelected as the President of Iran, although opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi demands a recount.(BBC News) June 20 – A suicide bomb reportedly explodes at the shrine of former Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.(CTV) June 22 – The Iranian Revolutionary Guard warns that it will 'crush' any further protests.(Al Jazeera) 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.(Al Jazeera) June 24 – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declares the recent election result will stand.(BBC) 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.(BBC) July 24 – Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least 17 people and injuring 19 of the 153 people on board.(BBC) 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.(The Daily Telegraph) 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.(BBC) August 3 – Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei formally approves the second-term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.(BBC) August 5 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sworn in as President of Iran for a second term.(BBC) 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,Iranian commanders assassinated. BBC News. October 18, 2009. and injured a further 150. UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Iran. Xinhua. October 20, 2009. The Sunni rebel organization Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack.August 2021 November 4 – Around 700 people are injured in two earthquakes in southern Iran.(CNN) November 9 – Three American hikers detained on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran are to be charged for espionage by Iranian authorities.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-hikers-will-stand-trial-for-espionage-says-iran-1817732.html (The Independent) Independent.co.uk 2017-09-19 2009-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20091113155435/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-hikers-will-stand-trial-for-espionage-says-iran-1817732.html dead November 29 – The Iranian government approves plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants.(Sky News) December 28 – Iran declares martial law in Najafabad following a week of protest and 2 days of violence.http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=1&id=16788 (WashingtonTV) 2010-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716204449/http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=1&id=16788 2011-07-16 dead Full date unknown United4Iran organization is established.https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol%3DA%2F67%2F369%26referer%3D%2Fenglish%2F%26Lang%3DE Archived copy October 26, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045148/http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F67%2F369&referer=%2Fenglish%2F&Lang=E March 5, 2016 mdy-all Notable deaths January 30 – Safar Iranpak, 61, Iranian footballer, lung cancer.http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=188196 Former Iran striker dies from lung cancer 30 January 2009 February 2 – Ezzat Negahban, c. 82, Iranian archaeologist.http://mag.gooya.com/society/archives/083615.php Gooya news :: Society : استاد عزت الله نگهبان، "پدر باستان شناسی مدرن ايران" درگذشت 2010-10-31 2024-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20240330124620/https://mag.gooya.com/society/archives/083615.php dead March 21 – Khadijeh Saqafi, 93, Iranian widow of religious/political leader Ruhollah Khomeini, after long illness.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/world/middleeast/24saqafi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Khadijeh Saqafi, Khomeini's Wife, is Dead at 93 The New York Times 24 March 2009 May 1 – Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/1007.html Delara Darabi Executed 2010-10-31 2009-05-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20090513065433/http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/1007.html dead May 15 – Mohammad-Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar.http://www.chnpress.com/news/?id=8433&section=2 CHN News 2010-10-31 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120223140801/http://www.chnpress.com/news/?id=8433&section=2 2012-02-23 May 17 – Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, 96, Iranian cleric, heart disease.August 2021 June 20 – Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, Iranian student, shot.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6562649.ece The Times & the Sunday Times 2010-10-31 2020-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20200312121048/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/ dead June 29 – Mohammad Hoqouqi, 72, Iranian poet, cirrhosis.August 2021 August 11 – Behjat Sadr, 85, Iranian painter, heart attack.http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=928768 MehrNews.com - Iran, world, political, sport, economic news and headlines 2009-09-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120308200606/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=928768 2012-03-08 September 21 – Parviz Meshkatian, 54, Iranian musician and composer, cardiac arrest.August 2021 November 9 – Mehdi Sahabi, 66, Iranian writer and translator, heart attack.http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=207739 Iranian translator Mehdi Sahabi dies at 66 10 November 2009 November 10 – Ramin Pourandarjani, 26, Iranian doctor, whistleblower on use of torture, poisoned.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/02/iran-whistleblower-torture-protesters Iran torture whistleblower died from poison in salad TheGuardian.com 2 December 2009 November 11 – Ehsan Fatahian, 28, Iranian Kurdish activist, executed by hanging.http://www.mideastyouth.com/2009/11/11/ehsan-fattahian-was-hanged-this-morning-in-iran/ Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » Ehsan Fattahian was Hanged this Morning in Iran 2012-12-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091113075621/http://www.mideastyouth.com/2009/11/11/ehsan-fattahian-was-hanged-this-morning-in-iran/ 2009-11-13 November 17 – Niku Kheradmand, 77, Iranian actress, complications of a heart attack.http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=208264 Actress Niku Kheradmand dies at 77 17 November 2009 November 22 – Ali Kordan, 51, Iranian politician, Minister of the Interior (2008), multiple myeloma.August 2021 December 9 – Faramarz Payvar, 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.August 2021 December 19 – Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, 87, Iranian cleric and dissident, natural causes.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8423046.stm Top dissident Iranian cleric dies 20 December 2009 References 30em External links 2009 in