2025 in Iran

Events in the year 2025 in Iran.

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Incumbents

• Supreme Leader of Iran: Ali Khamenei
• President of Iran: Masoud Pezeshkian
• Speaker of the Parliament: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
• Chief Justice: Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

Events

January

• 8 January – The Iranian government releases Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from prison, with Sala arriving back in Rome later that day.^[1]
• 9 January – A Swiss national is reported to have died by suicide at a prison in Semnan following his arrest on espionage charges.^[2]
• 15 January – A light aircraft of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran crashes near Rasht during a training flight, killing all three people on board.^[3]
• 17 January – President Masoud Pezeshkian signs a "comprehensive strategic partnership treaty" with Russia.^[4]
• 18 January – 2025 assassination of Sharia judges in Iran: Two judges of the Supreme Court of Iran are killed in a shooting inside the Palace of Justice in Tehran. The attacker commits suicide.^[5]
• 22 January – An Iranian military aircraft crashes near Kabudarahang, Hamadan Province during a training flight, injuring its two pilots.^[6]

February

• 6 February – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessel Shahid Bagheri, Iran's first drone-carrier warship, is inaugurated.^[7]
• 13 February – Two British nationals are reported to have been arrested in Kerman for security-related offences.^[8]

March

• 2 March – The Islamic Consultative Assembly removes Abdolnaser Hemmati as economy minister after 182 of 273 MPs vote for his impeachment, citing an ongoing economic crisis.^[9]
• 5 March – Singer Mehdi Yarrahi is flogged as part of his conviction for alcohol-related offenses.^[10]
• 6 March – One person is killed in an explosion and fire at a military facility in Tehran.^[11]
• 17 March – French national Olivier Grondeau, who had been imprisoned in Iran since 2022 on espionage charges, is released and repatriated to France.^[12]

April

• 1 April – The United States Department of Justice charges Iranian businessmen Hossein Akbari and Reza Amidi with money laundering and conspiring to obtain drone components in the US for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.^[13]
• 5 April – President Pezeshkian dismisses Shahram Dabiri Oskuei as vice president for parliamentary affairs amid criticism over the latter going on a high-priced vacation to Argentina and Antarctica during Nowruz amid an economic crisis in Iran.^[14][15]
• 7 April – Seven miners are killed in a gas leak at a coal mine near Damghan.^[16]
• 12 April –
  • Eight Pakistani laborers are killed in an attack in Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province.^[17]
  • Iran and the United States hold their first high-level negotiations since 2018 over the Iranian nuclear programme in Oman.^[18]
• 14 April – The European Union imposes sanctions on seven Iranian judges, prosecutors and penal officials, including Evin Prison director Hedayatollah Farzadi, over the detention of EU citizens in Iran on "spurious grounds".^[19]
• 15 April – President Pezeshkian accepts the resignation of Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif.^[20]
• 24 April – Four employees of the state broadcaster IRIB are arrested on charges related to the airing of a program insulting the Sunni caliph Abu Bakr.^[21]
• 26 April – 2025 Bandar Abbas port explosion: An explosion and fire at the Port of Shahid Rajaee kills 57 people and injures more than 1,000 others.^[22]
• 29 April – 2025 Isfahan explosion: An explosion at a chemical warehouse in Meymeh, Isfahan Province, kills two people and injures two others.^[23]
• 30 April – Iran executes Mohsen Langarneshin, an inmate of Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj who was convicted of spying for Israel and involvement in the assassination of IRGC colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei in 2022 following a trial described as unfair by human rights advocates.^[24]

May

• 4 May – The Iranian defence ministry announces that it had tested a new ballistic missile called Qassem Basir.^[25]
• 16 May – France files a case at the International Court of Justice against Iran accusing it of violating the rights of two French nationals arrested and imprisoned in the country since 2022 and holding them hostage.^[26]

Deaths

• 11 January – Fereydoon Shahbazyan, 82, composer and conductor.^[27]

References

1. "Iran releases Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from prison". euronews. 2025-01-08. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
2. "Swiss national held by Iran on spying charges dies in prison". Al Jazeera. 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
3. "Training aircraft crashes in Iran, 3 killed". APA.az. 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
4. "Russia and Iran presidents sign partnership treaty in Moscow". Al Jazeera. 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
5. Gambrell, Jon (2025-01-19). "Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran's capital tied to 1988 mass executions". AP News. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
6. "Military plane crashes in Iran". news.az. 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
7. "Iran inaugurates its first drone-carrier warship". AP News. 2025-02-06. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
8. "Two British nationals detained in Iran". BBC. 2025-02-13. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
9. "Iran's economy minister impeached as inflation rises, currency falls". Al Jazeera. 2025-03-02. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
10. "Popular Iranian singer who urged women to go without hijab is lashed over alcohol conviction". AP News. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
11. "Explosion at Tehran military site kills 1 and injures 10 firefighters". AP News. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
12. "Iran frees Frenchman after nearly 900-day prison ordeal". France 24. 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
13. "Two Iranians charged with procuring US drone parts". France 24. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
14. "Iranian president sacks deputy for 'lavish' Antarctic cruise". BBC. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
15. "An Iranian official was fired over his 'lavish' Argentina trip. Argentines are angry, too". AP News. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
16. "Gas leak at Iranian coal mine kills 7 workers". AP News. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
17. "Islamabad urges Tehran's cooperation over the killing of 8 Pakistani nationals in southeastern Iran". AP News. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
18. "US and Iran hold 'constructive' first round of nuclear talks". BBC. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
19. "EU targets Iranian prison and justice officials over arrests of its citizens". AP News. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
20. "Islamabad urges Tehran's cooperation over the killing of 8 Pakistani nationals in southeastern Iran". AP News. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
21. "Iran arrests 4 state TV staff for insulting Sunni caliph in rare move". AP News. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
22. "Two held in Iran after deadly port explosion: state TV". Arab News. 2025-05-04. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025.
23. "One Dead, Two Injured in Isfahan Explosion". IranWire. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
24. "Iran hangs man as Israeli spy after 'unfair' trial: activists". France 24. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
25. "Iran unveils new solid-fueled ballistic missile, state TV reports". AP News. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
26. "France sues Iran at top UN court over detained citizens". France 24. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
27. "Renowned Iranian Musician Fereydoun Shahbazian Passes Away At 82". Iran Front Page. 2025-01-11. Retrieved 2025-01-11.