1968 in Iran

Decades:

• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s
• 1970s
• 1980s

See also:Other events of 1968
Years in Iran

Events from the year 1968 in Iran.

• Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Prime Minister: Amir-Abbas Hoveida

• 31 August – The first in a destructive earthquake doublet affected eastern Iran. The 7.4 M_w  Dasht-e Bayaz earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Fifteen-thousand people were killed.
• 1 September – The second in the sequence, the 6.4 M_w  Ferdows earthquake, destroyed many villages, including Ferdows. Nine-hundred people were killed.

• 2 June – Navid Negahban.

• Shiva Mahbobi, political activist^[1]

• 7 January – Gholamreza Takhti.
• 4 April – Muhammad Taha al-Huwayzi.

• Years in Iraq
• Years in Afghanistan