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2024 in Iran

Events in the year 2024 in Iran.

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Years in Iran

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • October 1 –
  • October 3 – At least 26 people are reported to have died from methanol poisoning after consuming unregulated alcohol in Mazandaran, Gilan and Hamadan provinces.[84]
  • October 13 – Two Afghan nationals are killed in a shooting by Iranian security forces near Saravan.[85][86]
  • October 23 – The United States charges Brigadier General Ruhollah Bazghandi, the former head of counterintelligence of the IRGC, and three others, over a plot to assassinate exiled dissident Masih Alinejad.[87]
  • October 26 – October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran: Israel launches a series of missile attacks against Iran, including on Tehran,[88] killing four soldiers.[89]
  • October 27 – Jamshid Sharmahd, a dissident also carrying German citizenship, is executed by the regime for allegedly leading a US-based pro-monarchist group and terrorism,[90] prompting the German government to recall its ambassador to Iran on 29 October[91] and close all three consulates of Iran in Germany on 31 October.[92]

November

  • November 4 – Two IRGC officers, including general Hamid Mazandarani and a pilot, are killed in the crash of an autogiro during an anti-terror operation in Sirkan, Sistan and Baluchestan.[93]
  • November 8 – An Afghan national is charged in the United States with plotting to assassinate president-elect Donald Trump on behalf of the IRGC.[94]
  • November 10 – Five members of the Basij are killed in an attack by unidentified militants in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan.[95]
  • November 12 – Mohammad Ali Salamat, deemed the most prolific serial rapist in Iran with over 200 cases lodged against him, is executed in Hamadan.[96]
  • November 18 – The European Union imposes sanctions on the IRISL Group for its role in the export of military equipment and technology.[97]

December

Deaths

References

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