2024 in Iran
Events in the year 2024 in Iran.
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Incumbents[edit]
- Supreme Leader of Iran: Ali Khamenei
- President of Iran: Ebrahim Raisi
- Speaker of the Parliament: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
- Chief Justice: Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Events[edit]
- January 1 – Iran formally joins the BRICS group.[1]
- January 3 – Kerman bombings: Over 103 people are killed in a bombing attack in Kerman, during a ceremony marking the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.[2]
- January 11 – Seizure of the St Nikolas: The Iranian Navy seizes control of the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-controlled & Greek-operated civilian oil tanker St Nikolas.[3]
- January 15 – Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kills four people and injures five others in a ballistic missile and drone attack on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The IRGC also says that they launched a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.[4]
- January 16:
- The Iranian government extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's jail term of 12 years for "spreading propaganda".[5]
- Iran launches a missile attack within Pakistan, targeting what it describes are terrorist sites. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace resulting in the death of two children and injuries to three others.[6]
Deaths[edit]
- 1 January – Camila Batmanghelidjh, 61, Iranian-Belgian charity executive, founder of Kids Company.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Iran joins BRICS group formally in 2024". Tehran Times. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Yee, Vivian; Fassihi, Farnaz (3 January 2024). "Bombing in Iran Kills over 100, Sowing Confusion and Speculation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03.
- ^ "Iran seizes oil tanker St Nikolas near Oman". 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ www.rudaw.net https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/150120241. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Iran extends Nobel Prize winner's prison sentence". BBC News. 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Iran attacks alleged militant bases in Pakistan; Islamabad says 'unprovoked' strikes kill 2 children". AP News. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Butler, Patrick (2024-01-02). "Kids Company charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh dies aged 61". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
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