Events in the year 2003 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbents Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei President: Mohammad Khatami Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Events
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 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
July 8 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins September 6 – Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber, Mount Everest summiteer, died while climbing Gasherbrum I. July 11 – Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer murdered by the Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi. (b. 1949)
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