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The following lists events that happened during 2013 in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Incumbents
Events
January
January 28 - Iran's state news agency announces that a monkey was sent successfully into space by the Iranian Space Agency and returned safely aboard the Pishgam rocket.[ 1]
February
February 3 - Iran indicates the possibility it will attend talks on its nuclear program in Kazakhstan if it believes intentions behind them are "authentic".[ 2]
March
June
November
November 24 - Iran and six world powers reach an interim nuclear accord that sees Iran limit aspects of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Notable deaths
January 1 - Mojtaba Tehrani , 79, Iranian Twelver Marja' .[ 4]
January 17 - Homayoun Khorram , 82, Iranian violinist, colorectal cancer.[ 5]
January 31 - Hassan Habibi , 76, Iranian politician and scholar, Minister of Justice (1985–1989); First Vice President (1989–2001), heart attack.[ 6]
February 21 - Nazem Ganjapour , 69, Iranian footballer.[ 7]
February 24 - Farideh Lashai , 68, Iranian contemporary artist, cancer.[ 8]
March 31 - Ahmad Sayyed Javadi , 95, Iranian political activist and politician, Minister of Justice (1979), Minister of Interior (1979).[ 9]
April 1 - Asal Badiee , 35, Iranian actress.[ 10]
April 17 - Dariush Safvat , 85, Iranian musician, natural causes.[citation needed
April 20 - Hassan Alavikia , 102, Iranian spy chief.[ 11]
May 9 - Sadegh Tirafkan , 47, Iranian contemporary artist.[ 12]
May 14 - Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani , 92, Iranian Islamic prelate, Grand Ayatollah, complications from surgery.[ 13]
June 2 - Jalal Al-Din Taheri , 87, Iranian Islamic cleric.[ 14]
June 16 - Yousef Madani Tabrizi , 85, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.[ 15]
June 17 - Jalil Shahnaz , 92, Iranian maestro and Tar master , natural causes.[citation needed
June 21 - Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian , 93, Iranian architect.[ 16]
June 25 - Taghi Rouhani , 93, Iranian news anchor.[ 17]
July 16 - Hassan Pakandam , 79, Iranian Olympic boxer (1964 ) and team captain.[ 18]
August 23 - Nasser Sharify , 87, Iranian academic and librarian.[ 19]
August 30 - Lotfi Mansouri , 84, Iranian opera director (Canadian Opera Company , San Francisco Opera ).[ 20]
September 7 - Mehdi Mohammadi , 60, Iranian football player and coach, heart attack.[ 21]
October 10 - Kazem Sarikhani , 35, Iranian Olympic judoka (2000 ), Asian champion (2000 ), brain damage.[ 22]
October 19 - Mahmoud Zoufonoun , 93, Iranian traditional musician, Alzheimer's disease.[ 23]
November 5 - Habibollah Asgaroladi , 81, Iranian politician and presidential candidate, Leader of Islamic Coalition Party (1998–2008), lung problems.[ 24]
November 10 - Safdar Rahmat Abadi , Iranian government official, deputy industry minister, shot.[ 25]
December 18 - Büyük Jeddikar , 84, Iranian footballer (Esteghlal F.C. , national team ), Alzheimer's disease.[ 26]
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