The following lists events that happened during 1940 in Pahlavi Iran.
Incumbents Shah: Reza Shah Prime Minister: Ahmad Matin-Daftari (until June 26), Ali Mansur (starting June 26)
Births January 4 – Hossein Elahi Ghomshei, writer. January 26 – Hooshang Samadi, Iranian army and navy officer. January 31 – Hamid Mosadegh, Iranian poet, author and lawyer. February 2 – Hossein Gharib, Iranian physician. February 3 – Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian, Iranian footballer. February 8 – Gholam Hossein Amirkhani, Iranian Calligrapher. February 15 – Yousof Safvat, Chess Player. February 24 – Nasrollah Nasehpour, Iranian musician. March 3 – Haleh Esfandiari, Iranian academic. March 10 – Abdollah Movahed, Iranian wrestler. March 25 – Bijan Zarnegar, Iranian fencer. April 4 – Bijan (designer), Iranian designer. April 8 – Daniel Gevargiz, Iranian weightlifter. April 24 – Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, Iranian archaeologist. May 4 – Ali Mohammad Haghshenas, Iranian linguist and translator. May 20 – Ahmadreza Ahmadi, Iranian poet and screenwriter. June 13 – Giti Pashaei, Iranian musician. June 22 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. July 1 – Fariborz Esmaeili, Iranian football. July 3 – Roy Mottahedeh, American academic. July 21 – Taher Sabahi, Expert on European carpets. August 1 – Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor. August 3 – Ali Asghar Badiazadegan, co-founder of the People's Mujahedin of Iran. August 10 – Aref (singer), Iranian singer and former actor. August 12 – Seyyed Ali Shafiei, Iranian politician. August 20 – Nasser Ebrahimi, Iranian footballer. September 9 – Cihangir Ghaffari, Iranian actor. September 23 – Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Iranian singer and musician. October 11 – Pouri Banayi, Iranian actress. October 12 – Masoud Bakhtiari, Iranian teacher, poet and singer. October 23 – Lotfollah Meisami, Iranian journalist and publisher. October 27 – Shahnaz Pahlavi, Princess of Iran. October 28 – Changiz Jalilvand, Iranian Voice Actor. October 30 – Aydin Aghdashloo, Iranian painter. November 13 – Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini, Iranian politician. November 20 – Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, Iranian writer. December 19 – Soraya Qasemi, Iranian actress. December 26 – Saeid Pirdoost, Iranian actor. December 27 – Menashe Amir, Israeli journalist and radio personality. ? – Abdolkarim Lahiji, Iranian politician.
Deaths January 18 – Mohammad Ali Tarbiat, Iranian politician and journalist. February 4 – Taqi Arani, Iranian publisher. August 18 – Kamal-ol-molk, Iranian artist. ? – Aziz al-Soltan, Iranian royal page. ? – David Benjamin Keldani, Catholic convert to Islam. ? – Menahem Shemuel Halevy, Iranian rabbi.
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