2002 in Iran
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Events
- 12 February – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 crashes in Tehran.
- 22 June – The 6.3 Mw 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.[1]
