Events from the year 2002 in Iran.
Incumbents Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei President: Mohammad Khatami Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Events 12 February – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 crashes in Tehran. 22 June – The 6.3 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake shook northwestern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Two hundred and sixty-one people were killed and 1,500 were injured. Creation of Iran’s primary nuclear reactor in Bushehr gets under way with the assist of Russian engineers.http://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/chronology-4 iranicaonline.org
Establishments Parsian Bank.
Births Yasin Salmani
Notable deaths October 4 – Ahmad Mahmoud, 71, Iranian novelist.
See also Years in Iraq Years in Afghanistan
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