2003 in Iran
# 2003 in Iran

Events in the year 2003 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

## Incumbents

* Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
* President: Mohammad Khatami
* Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref
* Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

## Events

* October 21 - Iran agrees to suspend processing and enriching uranium and allow unannounced inspections by the IAEA.
* November 12 - The IAEA finds no evidence of a nuclear program but expresses concern about plutonium production.
* December 26 – The 6.6 $M_w$  Bam earthquake shook southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

## Notable births

* Yasha Asley

## Notable deaths

* July 8 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins
* September 6 – Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber, Mount Everest Summiter, died while climbing Gasherbrum I.
* July 11 – Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer murdered by the Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi. (b. 1949)
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