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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Islamic Republic of Iran .
Incumbents
Events
February
March
August
August 12 – The United States Department of the Treasury imposes sanctions on five Iranian companies for assisting the development of the nuclear program of Iran.
[4]
August 17 – Iran announces it has launched a satellite launch-capable Safir rocket.
[5]
Notable deaths
January 9 –
Mehran Ghassemi , 30, Iranian
journalist ,
heart failure .
[6]
January 13 –
Jafar Shahidi , 89, Iranian
linguist and
historian .[
citation needed ]
January 20 –
Ghorban Soleimani , 87, Iranian
vocalist and
dotar player.
[7]
February 2 –
Ahmad Bourghani , 48, Iranian
politician ,
heart failure .
[8]
February 6 –
Nikol Faridani , 72, Iranian
aerial photographer ,
prostate cancer .
[9]
March 5 –
Nader Khalili , 72, Iranian
architect ,
heart failure .
[10]
March 21 –
Shusha Guppy , 72, Iranian
writer and
singer .
[11]
March 23 –
Maryam Farman Farmaian , 94, Iranian
feminist
activist .
[12]
April 12 –
Abbas Katouzian , 86, Iranian
painter .[
citation needed ]
April 15 –
Parvin Dowlatabadi , 84, Iranian children's
author and
poet ,
heart attack .
[13]
April 29 –
Hassan Dehqani-Tafti , 87, Iranian
Anglican Bishop , first ethnic Iranian
Christian
bishop since the 7th century.
[14]
July 18 –
Khosrow Shakibai , 64, Iranian
actor ,
liver cancer .[
citation needed ]
October 9 –
Ardeshir Mohassess , 70, Iranian
illustrator and
cartoonist ,
heart attack .
[15]
October 10 –
Javad Nurbakhsh , 81, Iranian
spiritual leader .
October 25 –
Tahereh Saffarzadeh , 72, Iranian
poet and
academic ,
cancer .
[16]
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