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| 2002 | Nuclear Warfare |  |
| Sep Bushehr Russian technicians begin construction of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US |
| Dec The US accuses Iran of seeking to develop a secret nuclear weapons programme and publishes satellite images of two nuclear sites under construction at Natanz and Arak |
| 2003 | Diplomacy | |
| 5th Feb Iran makes an offer of negotiation with the US that covers nuclear matters and Iran's support for Palestinian groups resisting Israeli occupation, the offer is spurned by the Bush administration |
| 16th June Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, declares that "Iran failed to report certain nuclear materials and activities" and requests "co-operative actions" from the country |
| Sep Washington says Iran is not complying with non-proliferation accords but agrees to support proposal from Britain, France and Germany to give Iran until end of October fully to disclose nuclear activities and allow surprise inspections |
| Nov Tehran agrees to suspend its uranium enrichment programme and allow tougher UN inspections of its nuclear facilities |
| Dec Bam US sends humanitarian aid to Iran after earthquake kills up to 50,000 people in city of Bam |
| 2003 | International Atomic Energy Agency | |
| 16th June Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, declares that "Iran failed to report certain nuclear materials and activities" and requests "co-operative actions" from the country |
| 31st Oct The IAEA declares that Iran has submitted a "comprehensive" declaration of its nuclear program |
| 11th Nov The IAEA declares that there is no evidence that Iran is attempting to build an nuclear atomic bomb |
| 2003 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| May The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency conducts a series of inspections in Iran, Iran confirms that there are sites at Natanz and Arak under construction, but insists that these, like Bushehr, are designed solely to provide fuel |
| June White House refuses to rule out the "military option" in dealing with Iran after IAEA says Iran "failed to report certain nuclear materials and activities" |
| Sep Washington says Iran is not complying with non-proliferation accords but agrees to support proposal from Britain, France and Germany to give Iran until end of October fully to disclose nuclear activities and allow surprise inspections |
| Nov An IAEA report says Iran has admitted producing plutonium but adds there is no evidence that it was trying to build an atomic bomb |
| Nov Tehran agrees to suspend its uranium enrichment programme and allow tougher UN inspections of its nuclear facilities |
| Nov The IAEA votes to censure Iran but stops short of imposing sanctions |
| 18th Dec As agreed in the Paris Agreement, Iran voluntarily signs and implements the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty[ |
| 2004 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 24th Oct The EU makes a proposal to provide civilian nuclear technology to Iran in exchange for Iran terminating its uranium enrichment program permanently, Iran rejects this outright saying it will not renounce its right to en |
| 15th Nov A confidential UN report is leaked, the report states that all nuclear materials within Iran have been accounted for and there is no evidence of any military nuclear program |
| 22nd Nov Iran declares that it will voluntarily suspend its uranium enrichment program to enter negotiations with the EU, Iran will review its decision in three months but the EU seeks to have the suspension made permanent |
| 24th Nov Iran seeks to obtain permission from the EU, in accordance with its recent agreement with the EU, to allow it to continue working with 24 centrifuges for research purposes |
| 24th Nov Talks between Iran and three EU members, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, result in a compromise. Iran agrees to temporarily suspend its active uranium enrichment program for the duration of a second round of talks |
| 18th Dec Kamal Kharrazi says, "We won't accept any new obligations. Iran has a high technical capability and has to be recognised by the international community as a member of the nuclear club. This is an irreversible path" |
| 2005 | Diplomacy | |
| Oct Ahmadinejad refers to Israel as a "disgraceful stain [on] the Islamic world" that would be eliminated |
| Oct Iran's new president repeats a remark from a former Ayatollah that Israel should be "wiped out from the map," insisting that a new series of attacks will destroy the Jewish state |
| Oct Quoted as saying, "God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States and Zionism" |
| 2005 | Election | |
| 24th June Ahmadinejad sweeps to the presidential post with a stunning 17,046,441 votes out of a total of 27,536,069 votes cast |
| 2005 | IAEA | |
| 19th Nov The IAEA releasedsa report saying that Iran blocked nuclear inspectors from the United Nations from conducting a second visit to a site known as Parchin military complex |
| 2005 | Inauguration | |
| 3rd Aug Recieves the presidential authorization from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei |
| 2005 | Independence | |
| Oct Ahmadinejad refers to Israel as a "disgraceful stain [on] the Islamic world" that would be eliminated |
| 2005 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| June US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei should either toughen his stance on Iran or fail to be chosen for a third term as IAEA head |
| 5th Aug The EU-3 submit a proposal to Iran pursuant to the Paris Agreement which requires Iran to permanently cease enrichment, the proposal is rejected by Iran as a violation of the Paris Agreement and Iran's Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| 9th Aug Iranian Head of State Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issues a fatwa forbidding the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons |
| 10th Aug Iran resumes the conversion of uranium at the Isfahan facility, under IAEA safeguards, but does not engage in enrichment of uranium |
| 11th Aug The thirty-five-member governing board of the IAEA adopt a resolution calling upon Iran to suspend uranium conversion, and instruct director general Mohammed ElBaradeil to submit a report on Iran's nuclear program by September |
| 15th Sep At a United Nations high-level summit, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states Iran had the right to develop a civil nuclear-power program within the terms of the 1970 treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons |
| 19th Nov The IAEA releasedsa report saying that Iran blocked nuclear inspectors from the United Nations from conducting a second visit to a site known as Parchin military complex |
| 2005 | President | |
| 3rd Aug Appointed President of Iran |
| 2005 | Summit | |
| 15th Sep At a United Nations high-level summit, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states Iran had the right to develop a civil nuclear-power program within the terms of the 1970 treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons |
| 2006 | Cultural Revolution | |
| The Ahmadinejad government forces numerous Iranian scientists and University professors to resign or to retire, referred to as "second cultural revolution" after the Islamic Cultural Revolution |
| 2006 | Diplomacy | |
| 5th Feb Iran says it will no longer allow snap inspections of its nuclear sites, after the UN nuclear watchdog vote to report Tehran to the Security Council |
| 2006 | IAEA | |
| 31st Jan The IAEA reports that "Iran has continued to facilitate access under its Safeguards Agreement as requested by the Agency ... including by providing in a timely manner the requisite declarations and access to locations" |
| 4th Feb The IAEA votes 27-3 to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, After the vote, Iran announces its intention to end voluntary co-operation with the IAEA beyond basic Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty requirements |
| 2006 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 11th Jan Says that building the nuclear bomb is not the policy of his government and reportedly said that there was no such policy and that such a policy was "illegal and against our religion" |
| 31st Jan The IAEA reports that "Iran has continued to facilitate access under its Safeguards Agreement as requested by the Agency ... including by providing in a timely manner the requisite declarations and access to locations" |
| 4th Feb The IAEA votes 27-3 to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, After the vote, Iran announces its intention to end voluntary co-operation with the IAEA beyond basic Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty requirements |
| 5th Feb Iran says it will no longer allow snap inspections of its nuclear sites, after the UN nuclear watchdog vote to report Tehran to the Security Council |
| Mar US National Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-Proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes |
| April Ahmadinejad announces that Iran had successfully refined uranium to a stage suitable for the nuclear fuel cycle |
| 11th April Ahmadinejad announces, "I am officially announcing that Iran has joined the group of those countries which have nuclear technology" |
| 31st July United Nations Security Council Resolution 1696 gives until August 31, 2006 for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment and related activities or face the prospect of sanctions |
| 5th Nov The Iranian government approvedsa plan that allows foreign investors to participate in the work at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant |
| 15th Nov Ahmadinejad announces that "Today the Iranian nation possesses the full nuclear fuel cycle" |
| 2006 | Reform | |
| 24th April Announces that a ruling which prevented women from watching men playing sports in stadiums would soon be reversed |
| 2006 | Uranium Enrichment | |
| April Ahmadinejad announces that Iran had successfully refined uranium to a stage suitable for the nuclear fuel cycle |
| 2007 | Diplomacy | |
| 11th Feb Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons |
| 2007 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 6th Mar Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran declared that Iran has started construction of a domestically built nuclear power plant with capacity of 360 MW |
