The following lists events that happened during 1920 in Qajar era.

Incumbents Monarch: Ahmad Shah Qajar Prime Minister: Vosugh od-Dowleh (until July 3), Hassan Pirnia (July 3 – October 27), Fathollah Khan Akbar (starting October 27)

Events January 21 – Battle of Shekar Yazi. May 18 – Anzali Operation.

Births January 13 – Jahangir Amouzegar, Iranian politician. January 24 – Abdol Ali Badrei, Iranian general. February 1 – Farideh Ghotbi, The mother of Farah Pahlavi. March 9 – Mohammad Amir Khatami, Iranian pilot and association football player. June 9 – Abdurrahman Sharafkandi, Kurdish poet. June 18 – Enayatollah Reza, Iranian historian and encyclopedist. July 16 – Ahmad Qadakchian, Iranian actor. July 26 – Taghi Rouhani, Iranian radio personality. August 22 – Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian architect, artist and academic. September 2 – Hamid Notghi, Iranian poet, writer and faculty. September 16 – Mohammad Karim Pirnia, Iranian architect. November 9 – Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer. December 12 – Salim Neisari, Iranian writer. ? – Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, Iranian architect. ? – Ahmad Nafisi, Iranian bureaucrat. ? – Fakhereh Saba, Iranian opera singer. ? – Fereydun Adamiyat, social historian. ? – George Ovadiah, Iraqi-born Israeli and Iranian screenwriter and film director. ? – Gholam Hossein Jahanshahi, Iranian politician. ? – Haj Qorban Soleimani, Iranian musician. ? – Hayk Mirzayans, entomologist. ? – Jahangir Oshidri. ? – Jalil Ziapour, Iranian painter. ? – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Persian musician. ? – Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr, Iranian military officer. ? – Sadeq Kia, Iranian historian and linguist. ? – Ehsan Yarshater, Iranian historian and linguist.

Deaths January 28 – Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai, Iraqi Shi'a theologian. February 28 – Hajj Nematollah, Iranian Kurdish scholar. April 3 – Sheyda Gerashi, Iranian poet. August 17 – Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi, Iraqi cleric. September 14 – Mohammad Khiabani, Iranian politician. September 15 – Taqi Rafat, Iranian poet. October 23 – Forsat-od-Dowleh Shirazi, Iranian poet, literary and musician. ? – Fethullah Qa'ravi Isfahani, Iranian cleric.

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