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{{Year in Iran|2003}}
Events in the year '''2003 in the Islamic Republic of Iran'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]]: [[Ali Khamenei]]
* [[President of Iran|President]]: [[Mohammad Khatami]]
* [[Vice President of Iran|Vice President]]: [[Mohammad-Reza Aref]]
* [[Chief Justice of Iran|Chief Justice]]: [[Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi]]

==Events==
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* October 21 - Iran agrees to suspend processing and enriching uranium and allow unannounced inspections by the IAEA.
* November 12 - The IAEA finds no evidence of a nuclear program but expresses concern about plutonium production.
* December 26 – The 6.6 {{M|w}} [[2003 Bam earthquake|Bam earthquake]] shook southeastern [[Iran]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

==Notable births==
* [[Yasha Asley]]

==Notable deaths==
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* July 8 – [[Ladan and Laleh Bijani]], [[Iran]]ian [[conjoined twins]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3055016.stm|title=Surgeons' sorrow at death of twins|work=[[BBC News]]|date=8 July 2003|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
* September 6 – [[Mohammad Oraz]], Iranian mountain climber, [[Mount Everest]] Summiter, died while climbing [[Gasherbrum I]].
* July 11 – [[Zahra Kazemi]], [[Iran]]ian-Canadian [[freelance]] [[photographer]] murdered by the Prosecutor [[Saeed Mortazavi]]. (b. [[1949]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://rsf.org/en/zahra-kazemi-s-killers-still-unpunished-15-years-after-her-death-custody|title=Zahra Kazemi’s killers still unpunished, 15 years after her death in custody|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|date=10 July 2018|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>

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