2014 in Iran
Events in the year 2014 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 18 - An Iranian diplomat is killed in Yemen's capital Sana'a when he resisted gunmen who were trying to kidnap him near the ambassador's residence.
- January 20
- The United States rejects the invitation of Iran by the United Nations in peace talks involving Syria.
- Certain sanctions against Iran are lifted by the European Union and the United States through a nuclear deal.
- Implementation of the six-month Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program begins.
- January 30 - Mohammad-Ali Najafi resigns as Head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, marking the first change in President Rouhani's cabinet.
February
- February 9 - Iranian officials say that two Iranian Navy warships will be travelling very close to the United States' maritime border in the Atlantic Ocean.
- February 9 - Iran agrees to a United Nations plan to address suspicions that they are working on designing an atomic weapon.
- February 17 - Iran's ambassador to Russia says that Russia could build a second reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in exchange for Iranian oil, under an oil-for-goods deal being negotiated that has alarmed the United States.
March
May
- May 21 - Six Iranians that were arrested have been released in Tehran after releasing a fan video set to Pharrell Williams' "Happy", sparking outcries over the internet.
- May 22 - Negotiations between Iran and Russia regarding the building of two additional nuclear reactors at Iran's Bushehr power plant take place.
- May 24 - Mahafarid Amir Khosravi is executed for masterminding the largest fraud case in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
June
- June 2 – A massive dust storm strikes Tehran.
- June 30 – British-Iranian women's rights activist Ghoncheh Ghavami is arrested after being briefly detained on June 20 for attempting to attend a volleyball match between Iran and Italy. Women are forbidden to attend large sporting events in Iran. Her detention in Evin Prison continues.[1]
July
- July 22 – Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, a correspondent for The National, are arrested by Iranian authorities. The authorities have not disclosed their whereabouts or welfare, or the reason for their detention.
August
September
- September 1 - Mohammad Reza Rahimi, former Iranian vice president, is convicted to a prison term for his role in the 2011 embezzlement scandal.
- September 5 - Iranian air traffic control requires a plane chartered by US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan to land over issues with the flight plan. The flight later resumes without further incident.
Notable deaths
- January 27 – Hashem Shabani, executed prisoner[2]
- June 1 – Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, executed prisoner[3]
- August 19 – Simin Behbahani, prominent poet
- October 21 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, politician
- October 25 – Reyhaneh Jabbari, convicted and executed for the murder of her alleged rapist
- November 14 – Morteza Pashaei, pop singer
- November 16 – Babak Ghorbani, wrestler
- November 19 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, footballer
- December 21 – Morteza Ahmadi, actor
- December 27 – Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi, the highest ranking Iranian military official to die in Iraq amid the Iranian military intervention in that country[4][5]
See also
References
