1939 in Iran

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See also:	Other events of 1939 Years in Iran

The following lists events that happened during 1939 in Pahlavi Iran.

Incumbents

• Shah: Reza Shah
• Prime Minister: Mahmoud Djam (until October 26), Ahmad Matin-Daftari (starting October 26)

Events

• 1939 Iranian legislative election.

Births

• January 3 – Javad Fakoori, Iranian military officer.
• January 11 – Ali Rafie, Theatre, cinema director and stage designer.
• February 2 – Kambiz Atabay, President of AFC.
• February 3 – Esfandiar Lari, Iranian sports shooter.
• February 5 – Iraj Safdari, Iranian make-up artist.
• February 7 – Hassan Habibi (footballer), Iranian association football player.
• February 9 – Ali Adjalli, Founder of the "Gol Gasht" school of calligraphy.
• March 5 – Iraj Nazerian, Iranian artist.
• March 9 – Nader Ardalan, Iranian and American architect, urban planner, writer.
• March 11 – Bahman Salehnia, Iranian football manager.
• March 25 – Jalal Keshmiri, Olympic athlete.
• March 27 – Leila Kasra, Iranian contemporary poet and lyricist.
• March 28 – Manouchehr Esmaeili, Iranian voice actor and artist.
• March 31 – Gholamali Raisozzakerin, poet.
• April 19 – Ali Khamenei, cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026.
• April 22 – Mahmoud Yavari, Iranian football coach.
• April 30 – Ali Yachkaschi, Iranian scientist.
• May 17 – Kourosh Zaim, Iranian translator.
• June 12 – Marzieh Hadidchi, Iranian politician.
• June 20 – Feizollah Bandali, Iranian skier.
• June 24 – Samad Behrangi, Iranian writer and social critic.
• June 26 – Mohammad Poursattar, Iranian actor.
• July 10 – Siah Armajani, American sculptor and architect.
• July 21 – Nematollah Aghasi, Iranian singer.
• July 24 – Anoushiravan Rohani, Iranian Accordion, pianist and songwriter.
• August 4 – Akbar Babakhanloo, Iranian sprinter.
• September 1 – Abdul Majid Arfaei, Iranian archaeologist and linguist.
• October 3 – Akbar Radi, Iranian playwright.
• October 6 – Parviz Jalayer, weightlifter.
• October 10 – Goli Taraghi, Iranian writer.
• October 12 – Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Iranian poet, literary critic, editor and translator.
• October 14 – Javad Mojabi, Iranian writer.
• December 2 – Jaleh Amouzgar, Iranian Iranologist and university professor.
• December 7 – Abbas Ali Akhtari, Iranian Ayatollah.
• December 8 – Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian filmmaker.
• December 16 – Naser Tahmasb, Iranian voice actor, actor, writer and screenwriter.
• December 17 – Mehdi Fat'hi, Iranian actor.
• ? – Ahmad Alizadeh, Iranian politician.
• ? – Ahmad Khoshouei, Iranian amateur wrestler.
• ? – Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard, Iranian politician.

Deaths

• March 10 – Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar, an early twentieth century Iranian Marxist revolutionary and leader of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic.
• ? – Keikhosrow Shahrokh, Iranian politician.
• ? – Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma, Qajar prince.