2002 in Iran
# 2002 in Iran

Events from the year 2002 in Iran.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

* 12 February – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 crashes in Tehran.
* 22 June – The 6.3 $M_w$  Bou'in-Zahra earthquake shook northwestern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Two hundred and sixty-one people were killed and 1,500 were injured.
* Creation of Iran’s primary nuclear reactor in Bushehr gets under way with the assist of Russian engineers.

## Establishments

* Parsian Bank.

## Births

* Yasin Salmani

## Notable deaths

* October 4 – Ahmad Mahmoud, 71, Iranian novelist.
