Events from the year 1978 in Iran.
Incumbents Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prime Minister: until August 27: Jamshid Amouzegar August 27-November 6: Jafar Sharif-Emami starting November 6: Gholam-Reza Azhari
Events 7 January – Iran and Red and Black Colonization 9 January – 1978 Qom protest 18 February – 1978 Tabriz protests 21 June – 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown 8 September – Black Friday, massacre by Iranian army provoked 88 deaths. 16 September – The 7.4 Tabas earthquake affected central Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
Births 21 March – Alireza Faghani, Iranian-Australian FIFA football referee 23 July – Mehdi Kiani, footballer 23 July – Ruhollah Zam, activist and journalist (d. 2020) 6 May – Afshin, singer
See also Years in Iraq Years in Afghanistan
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