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See also:	Other events of 2003 Years in Iran

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

Contents

• Incumbents
• Events
• Notable births
• Notable deaths
• References

Incumbents

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

Events

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• 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

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2010)

• July 8 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins ^[1]
• 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) ^[2]

References

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