2002 in Iran

Events from the year 2002 in Iran.

Incumbents

 * Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
 * President: Mohammad Khatami
 * Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref
 * Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

Events

 * 12 February – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 crashes in Tehran.
 * 22 June – The 6.3 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.

Establishments

 * Parsian Bank.

Births

 * Yasin Salmani

Notable deaths

 * October 4 – Ahmad Mahmoud, 71, Iranian novelist.