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See also:	Other events of 1997 Years in Iran

Events from the year 1997 in Iran.

Incumbents

• Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
• President: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (until August 2), Mohammad Khatami (starting August 2)
• Vice President: Hassan Habibi
• Chief Justice: Mohammad Yazdii

Events

• Iranian presidential election, 1997.

• 2 August – Mohammad Khatami became president of Iran.

See also

• Years in Iraq
• Years in Afghanistan

References

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