title: 2004 in Iran
text: # 2004 in Iran
  
  Events in the year 2004 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei
  * President: Mohammad Khatami
  * Vice President: Mohammad-Reza Aref
  * Chief Justice: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
  
  ## Events
  
  * Since 2004 until 2005 – Canada evokes its ambassador to Iran and in 2005 restates that until Iran has the same opinion to a global inquiry into Zahra Kazemi’s death, Canada will not restart political relations with Iran.
  * February 18 – A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulfur derails and explodes in Nishapur, Iran, killing 320 people.
  * February 20 – Conservatives win a majority in the Iranian parliament election.
  * May 3 – Pas Tehran become 2003–2004 Iranian Premier Soccer League Champions.
  * June 24 - A petrol truck loses control and collides with a bus at a police checkpoint in Nosratabad, killing 90 and injuring an additional 114.
  * July 20 – Ehsan Haddadi wins gold with a 62.14m discus throw.
  * July 20 – Iran finishes 14th at IAAF World Junior Track-and-Field Championships.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 31 January – Amir Ebrahimzadeh, football player
  
  ## Notable deaths
  
  * April 30 – Kioumars Saberi Foumani, 62, also known as "Gol-Agha", Iranian satirist
  