The authorities have not disclosed their whereabouts or welfare, or the reason for their detention. August August 10 – Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes in Tehran. August 18 – The 6.2 Murmuri earthquake shook western Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), injuring 60–330 people. August 30 – An Iranian man, Soheil Arabi, is sentenced to death for "insulting the Prophet" An Iranian doctor named Nasser Fahimi was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Iranian judiciary on charges of acting against the country. September September 1 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi, former Iranian vice president, is convicted to a prison term for his role in the 2011 embezzlement scandal. September 5 – Iranian air traffic control requires a plane chartered by US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan to land over issues with the flight plan. The flight later resumes without further incident. Notable deaths January 27 – Hashem Shabani, executed prisoner June 1 – Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, executed prisoner August 19 – Simin Behbahani, prominent poet October 15 - Abd al-Hussein al-Salihi, Iranian-Iraqi historian and religious writer. October 21 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, politician October 25 – Reyhaneh Jabbari, convicted and executed for the murder of her alleged rapist November 14 – Morteza Pashaei, pop singer, composer and musician November 16 – Babak Ghorbani, wrestler November 19 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, footballer December 21 – Morteza Ahmadi, actor December 27 – Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi, the highest ranking Iranian military official to die in Iraq amid the Iranian military intervention in that country See also My Stealthy Freedom References Iran Iran 2010s in Iran Years of the 21st century in Iran