2005 in Iran
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- Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
- President: Mohammad Khatami (until August 3), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (starting August 3)
- Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref (until September 11), Parviz Davoodi (starting September 11)
- Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Events
- Since 2004 until 2005 – Canada evokes its ambassador to Iran and in 2005 restates that until Iran has the same opinion to a global inquiry into Zahra Kazemi’s death, Canada will not restart political relations with Iran.[1]
- February 14 – Around 59 people were killed and 200 injured in a fire at a mosque in Tehran, Iran.
- February 22 – The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 612 and injuring 1,411.
- April 18 – Five people die in ethnic clashes in Iran's south-west Khuzestan province.
- August 3 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad takes office as the 6th President of Iran.
- October 26 – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for Israel to be "wiped off the map" at "World Without Zionism" conference in Tehran, Iran, and condemns peace process. MEMRI translated Ahmadinejad's words differently: "Imam [Khomeini] said: 'This regime that is occupying Qods [Jerusalem] must be eliminated from the pages of history.' This sentence is very wise. The issue of Palestine is not an issue on which we can compromise." (MEMRI Special Dispatch Series – No. 1013).
- December 6 – An Iranian C-130 Hercules airplane crashes into a ten-story building in a civilian area of Tehran, the capital of Iran, killing all 94 people aboard and 34 residents of the building – a total of 128 people.