1947 in Iran

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The following lists events that happened during 1947 in Pahlavi Iran.

Incumbents

• Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Prime Minister: Ahmad Qavam (until December 29), Ebrahim Hakimi (starting December 29)

Events

• 1947 Iranian legislative election.

Births

• January 2 – Mahmoud Bahmani, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran from 2008 to 2013.
• January 5 – Aliakbar Aghaei Moghanjoei, Iranian politician.
• January 7 – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian musician.
• January 9 – Iraj Janatie Ataie, Iranian poet.
• January 10 – Maryam Zandi, Iranian photographer.
• January 22 – Amir Ghavidel, Iranian screenwriter and film director.
• February 4 – Maryam Achak, Iranian fencer.
• February 8 – Reza Vatankhah, Iranian footballer and manager.
• February 10 – Ahmad Akbari, fencer.
• February 13 – Mohammad Reza Adelkhani, Iranian footballer.
• February 22 – Nasser Zarafshan, Iranian writer.
• February 23 – Gholam Vafakhah, Iranian footballer.
• February 23 – Goudarz Habibi, Iranian association football player.
• February 28 – Mansour Barzegar, Iranian wrestler.
• March 3 – Taha Behbahani, painter and Sculptor.
• March 6 – Mina Jafarzadeh, Iranian actress.
• March 8 – Tayfour Bathaii, Iranian revolutionary.
• March 13 – Yadollah Javadpour, Iranian flying ace.
• March 14 – Javad Yasari, Iranian singer of popular music.
• March 23 – Bahram Moshiri, Iranian writer and historian.
• March 23 – Mohammad Ali Inanloo, Iranian actor.
• March 26 – Homayoun Ershadi, Iranian actor.
• March 27 – Ahmad Tousi, Iranian footballer.
• April 2 – Ghasem Hajizadeh, Iranian modern painter.
• April 13 – Hossein Kazerani, Iranian footballer.
• May 23 – Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, wife of Ali Khamenei.
• May 24 – Hooshang Amirahmadi, Iranian American Academic/politician.
• May 25 – Abbas-Ali Soleimani, Iranian Shia cleric.
• May 26 – Hassan Shariatmadari, Iranian opposition politician and a leading proponent of the Free Elections Movement.
• June 6 – Ahmad Kashani, Iranian politician.
• June 9 – Mostafa Mir-Salim, Iranian politician.
• June 14 – Simin Safamehr, Iranian athlete.
• June 19 – Freydoon Shahidi, Iranian mathematician.
• June 21 – Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
• July 2 – Abolghasem Mozaffari, Head of Khatam Anbia Troops in Revolutionary Guard.
• July 11 – Mehdi Lavasani, footballer.
• July 14 – Abbas Bayat, Iranian businessman.
• July 17 – Rasool Vatandoust, Iranian archeologist.
• July 21 – Mohsen Farahvashi, Olympic wrestler.
• September 1 – Patrick Ali Pahlavi, Member of the former Iranian royal family.

Deaths

• May 23 – Fereydun Ebrahimi, Prosecutor General of the National Government of Azerbaijan, victim of repression..
• June 11 – Ja'far Pishevari, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party and the National Government of Azerbaijan..
• September 28 – Zhaleh Alamtaj Qaem-Maqami, 20th century feminist Iranian poet.
• ? – Ali Tabatabaei, Iranian scholar and mystic.
• ? – Fathollah Khan Akbar, Prime Minister of Iran.
• ? – Hassan Esfandiari, Iranian politician.
• ? – Malekeh Jahan, prince.
• ? – Rabiollah Kabiri, Major General, Minister of Roads, Post and Telegraph of the National Government of Azerbaijan..