Draft:June
June (French: Juin) is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months comprising 30 days.
In Iran, June corresponds to the months of Khordad and Tir in the Solar Hijri calendar. It is preceded by May and followed by July.
Events
June 1
- 714: The death of al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf al-Thaqafī, the governor of Iraq and the Hijaz during the Umayyad era and a vehement adversary of the Shi'a (13 Ramadan 95).
- 1932: The birth of Abdullahi Nassir, a Mustabsir scholar from Kenya instrumental in the propagation of Shi'ism in Kenya and other regions of Africa (26 Muharram 1351).[1]
- 1987: Imam Khomeini's approval of the dissolution of the Islamic Republic Party (3 Shawwal 1407).[2]
June 2
- 1970: The demise of Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, a Shi'a Marja' and the father of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim (27 Rabi' al-Awwal 1390).[3]
- 2013: The death of Sayyid Jalal al-Din Taheri, the first Friday Prayer Leader of Isfahan (23 Rajab 1434).[4]
June 3
- 1856: The birth of Sayyid Hasan al-Sadr, a Shi'a Marja' and the author of Ta'sīs al-Shī'a li-'ulūm al-Islām (29 Ramadan 1272).
- 1963: A Wahhabi assault on a mourning procession in Pakistan, known as the Theri massacre, which resulted in the massacre of 118 mourners on the Day of 'Ashura (10 Muharram 1383).[5]
- 1963: An address delivered by Imam Khomeini at the Faydiyya School on the Day of 'Ashura, denouncing the policies of the Pahlavi government (10 Muharram 1383).[6]
- 1989: The demise of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran (28 Shawwal 1409).[7]
June 4
- 1831: The death of Alinaghi Ahsa'i, the son of Aḥmad al-Aḥsā'ī and a prominent figure of the Shaykhi school (23 Dhu l-Hijja 1246).[8]
- 1860: The birth of Muḥammad Ḥusayn Gharawī Nā'īnī, a Marja' and the author of Tanbīh al-umma wa tanzīh al-milla (15 Dhu l-Qa'da 1276).[9]
- 1928: The birth of Imam Musa Sadr, a Shi'a thinker and the founder of the Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council of Lebanon (15 Dhu l-Hijja 1346).
- 1989: The election of Sayyid Ali Khamenei as the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts (29 Shawwal 1409).
- 1995: The death of Muḥammad Bāqir Kamari'ī, a Shi'a cleric and translator (5 Muharram 1416).[10]
- 2015: The death of Muhammad Mahdi al-Asifi, a jurist and former Secretary-General of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly (16 Sha'ban 1436).[11]
June 5
- 1963: The arrest of Imam Khomeini by the security forces of the Pahlavi regime (12 Muharram 1383).
- 1963: The June 5 uprising by the people of Qom in protest against the arrest of Imam Khomeini (12 Muharram 1383).
- 1967: The outbreak of the Six-Day War between Arab states and Israel (26 Safar 1387).
- 2022: The death of Sayyid Mahmoud Doaei, a Shi'a cleric and the director of the Ettela'at Institute (5 Dhu l-Qa'da 1443).[12]
June 6
- 1423: The death of Al-Fadil al-Miqdad, an Imami jurist and theologian (17 Jumada al-Thani 826).[13]
- 1982: The Israeli invasion of Lebanon, known as "Operation Peace for Galilee" (13 Sha'ban 1402).[14]
June 7
- 632: The Demise of the Prophet (s) according to the prevalent Sunni narrative (12 Rabi' al-Awwal 11).
- 1071: The death of Sallar al-Daylami, an Imami jurist and disciple of Sheikh al-Mufīd (6 Ramadan 463).
- 1071: The death of Abu l-Ya'la al-Ja'fari, an Imami jurist and disciple of Sheikh al-Mufīd (6 Ramadan 463).
- 2017: The ISIS terrorist attacks on the Iranian Parliament and the Shrine of Imam Khomeini (12 Ramadan 1438).
June 8
- 1761: The birth of Sayyid Muhammad Quli Musawi Hindi, known as 'Allāma Kuntūrī, a Shi'a scholar in India (5 Dhu l-Qa'da 1174).
- 1936: The death of Sayyid Mirza 'Alī Aqa Shirazi, a jurist at the Seminary of Najaf and the son of Mirza Shirazi (18 Rabi' al-Awwal 1355).
- 1989: The death of Husayn Lankarani, a Shi'a jurist and political activist (4 Dhu l-Qa'da 1409).
- 2024: The death of Ghiyath al-Din Taha Muhammadi, a representative in the Assembly of Experts and the Friday Prayer Leader of Hamedan (1 Dhu l-Hijja 1445).
June 9
- 1954: The birth of Edoardo Agnelli, an Italian Mustabsir convert to Shi'ism (7 Sha'ban 1373).[15]
- 2014: The incursion of ISIS into northern Iraq (10 Sha'ban 1435).[16]
June 10
- 1882: The death of Sayyid Husayn Kuhkamari, a Shi'a Marja' and student of Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari (23 Rajab 1299).
- 2019: The death of Qurban Ali Muhaqqiq Kabuli, an Afghan Marja' residing in Qom (6 Shawwal 1440).
June 11
- 1984: The death of Sayyid Hashim Haddad, a Shi'a mystic and student of Sayyid ʿAlī Qāḍī Ṭabāṭabā'ī (12 Ramadan 1404).
- 2012: The launch of the al-Mayadeen TV network, established to cover the news of the Resistance Front (21 Rajab 1433).[17]
- 2022: The death of Abbas Mesbahzadeh, a Shi'a cleric, astronomer, and calligrapher (21 Dhu l-Qa'da 1443).[18]
June 12
- 1850: The death of Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi, a Marja' and the author of the jurisprudential compendium Jawāhir al-kalām (1 Sha'ban 1266).[19]
- 1979: The arrest of Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr, which precipitated the formation of the military wing of the al-Da'wa Party (16 Rajab 1399).[20]
June 13
- 1935: The death of Sayyid Hasan al-Sadr, a Shi'a jurist and the author of Ta'sis al-Shi'a li-'ulum al-Islam (11 Rabi' al-Awwal 1354).[21]
- 1983: The death of Banu Amin, a female jurist, mystic, and the author of Makhzan al-'irfan dar tafsir-i (30 Sha'ban 1403).
- 2014: The issuance of the Fatwa of Jihad against ISIS by Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, leading to the establishment of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) (14 Sha'ban 1435).[22]
- 2025: The commencement of Operation True Promise 3 in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Iran (17 Dhu l-Hijja 1446).[23]
- 2025: The martyrdom of Hossein Salami, Amir Ali Hajizada, and Mohammad Baqeri, senior Iranian military commanders (17 Dhu l-Hijja 1446).[24]
June 16
- 2013: The death of Sayyid Yusuf Madani Tabrizi, a Shi'a Marja' (7 Sha'ban 1434).[25]
- 2012: The death of Bāqir Sharīf al-Qurashī, a historian and the author of Mawsū'at sīrat Ahl al-Bayt (a) (26 Rajab 1433).[26]
June 17
- 1910: The birth of Muhammad Taqi Buhlul, a cleric active in the Goharshad Mosque uprising (8 Jumada al-Thani 1328).[27]
- 2007: The death of Muhammad Fadil Lankarani, a Marja' residing in Qom (1 Jumada al-Thani 1428).[28]
June 18
- 1849: The death of Ahmad Mujtahid, a jurist and the Friday Prayer Leader of Tabriz (27 Rajab 1265).[29]
- 2013: The publication of the first article on the Persian Wikishia (9 Sha'ban 1434).
June 19
- 1977: The death of ʿAlī Sharīʿatī, a Shi'a thinker and university professor (2 Rajab 1397).[30]
- 1998: The martyrdom of Mirza Ali Gharawi Tabrizi, a Shi'a jurist, by the regime of Saddam Hussein (23 Safar 1419).
- 2002: The death of Sayyid Said Akhtar Rizvi, the founder of the first Shi'a missionary organization in Africa (8 Rabi' al-Thani 1423).
June 20
- 1994: A bomb explosion at the Shrine of Imam al-Rida (a) perpetrated by the MKO, martyring 27 pilgrims (10 Muharram 1415).[31]
June 21
- 1981: The martyrdom of Mostafa Chamran, the Minister of Defense of Iran (18 Sha'ban 1401).
June 22
- 1926: The death of Mirza Jawad Maliki Tabrizi, a jurist, mystic, and the author of al-Muraqabat (11 Dhu l-Hijja 1344).[32]
- 2025: An American attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan (25 Dhu l-Hijja 1446).
June 23
- 2014: The official launch of Wikishia, the virtual encyclopedia of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) (24 Sha'ban 1435).
- 2012: The complete Siege of Nubl and al-Zahra by Takfiri groups (3 Sha'ban 1433).[33]
- 2013: The martyrdom of Hassan Shehata in Egypt (14 Sha'ban 1434).[34]
June 24
- 656: Imam Ali (a)'s assumption of the caliphate following the assassination of Uthman b. Affan (25 Dhu l-Hijja 35).
- 1037: The death of Avicenna, a Shi'a philosopher, scientist, and physician (1 Ramadan 428).
June 25
- 1274: The death of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician (18 Dhu l-Hijja 672).
- 2010: The launch of the Velayat Global Network, affiliated with Nasir Makarim Shirazi (13 Rajab 1431).[35]
June 26
- 2005: The death of Hassan Mostafavi, an exegete and jurist (19 Jumada al-Awwal 1426).[36]
June 28
- 1981: The martyrdom of Sayyid Muhammad Husayni Beheshti, the first head of Iran's judiciary, along with 72 members of the Islamic Republic Party (25 Sha'ban 1401).[37]
June 30
- 1895: The birth of Sayyid Muhammad Hadi Milani, a Shi'a Marja' in Mashhad (7 Muharram 1313).[38]
- 1920: The Iraqi uprising against British colonialism following the Fatwa of Jihad by Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi (13 Shawwal 1338).
June Events
- 2014: The Camp Speicher massacre, a mass killing of Shi'as in Iraq by ISIS (Sha'ban 1435).
Notes
- ↑ Darghudhasht-i 'alim-i buzurg-i Shi'a dar Kinya, Shabestan News Agency.
- ↑ Sahifa-yi Imam Khomeini, vol. 20, p. 275.
- ↑ Ha'iri, Ruzshumar-i qamari, 1381 Sh, p. 87.
- ↑ Ayatollah Taheri Isfahani dar ghudhasht, Parsine.
- ↑ 3 June 1963, Yad-awari-yi tarajidi-yi Thiri, al-Wahhabiyya.
- ↑ Imam Khomeini, Sahifa-yi Imam, vol. 1, p. 243.
- ↑ Ansari, Hadith-i bidari, 1389 Sh, p. 193.
- ↑ Ha'iri, p. 83.
- ↑ Ha'iri, Ruzshumar-i qamari, 1381 Sh, p. 315.
- ↑ Kamari'i, Rumuz al-shahada, 1376 Sh, Intro.
- ↑ Ayatollah Muhammad Mahdi Asifi bi rahmat-i izadi paywast, ABNA News Agency.
- ↑ Sayyid Mahmoud Doaei darghudhasht, Asr Iran.
- ↑ Fadil al-Miqdad, Kanz al-'irfan, 1369 Sh, Intro: pp. 4-5.
- ↑ Az 'amaliyat-i salamat al-jalil wa shakl-giri-yi Hizbullah ta khusha-ha-yi khashm, Tasnim News Agency.
- ↑ Eduardo Agnelli ki bud wa chiguna Islam award?, Mashregh News.
- ↑ ABNA News Agency.
- ↑ Aghaz-i bi kar-i shabaka-yi "al-Mayadeen", Asr Iran.
- ↑ Fawt-i Ayatollah Shaykh 'Abbas Mesbahzadeh, Shia Waves.
- ↑ Najafi, Jawahir al-kalam, 1367 Sh, vol. 1, p. 2; Qummi, al-Fawa'id al-radawiyya, 1385 Sh, vol. 2, p. 726.
- ↑ 'Ali Mu'min, 2004, pp. 219–220.
- ↑ Amin, A'yan al-Shi'a, 1403 AH, vol. 5, p. 325.
- ↑ Sistani dar sadad-i barchidan-i bisat-i Hashd al-Sha'bi, Independent Persian.
- ↑ Aghaz-i marhala-yi jadid-i 'amaliyat-i wa'da-yi sadiq 3, IRNA.
- ↑ Sarlashkar Salami bi shahadat rasid, ISNA.
- ↑ Sayyid Yusuf Madani Tabrizi, Tabrizpedia.
- ↑ Mazar-i 'allama Qurashi dar Najaf-i ashraf, Aghigh.
- ↑ 'Allama Haj Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Bahlul Gunabadi, Tebyan.
- ↑ Jumhuri-yi Islami newspaper, May 5, 2007.
- ↑ Mudarris, Rayhanat al-adab, vol. 5, p. 176.
- ↑ Isfandiyari, Shu'la-yi bi-qarar, 1390 Sh, p. 220.
- ↑ Baqi, Tarajidi-yi dimukrasi dar Iran, 1379 Sh, p. 112.
- ↑ Hasanzadeh Amuli, "Mirza Jawad Aqa Maliki Tabrizi," p. 82.
- ↑ Muhasara-yi "Nubl wa al-Zahra" shikasta shud, Tasnim News Agency.
- ↑ Shaykh Hassan Shehata, Markaz-i Tahqiqat wa Ma'arif-i Ahl al-Bayt.
- ↑ Mu'arrifi-yi shabaka-yi jahani-yi Wilayat, Velayat TV.
- ↑ Markaz-i Nashr-i Athar-i 'Allama Mostafavi.
- ↑ Khomeini, Sahifa-yi Nur, vol. 15, p. 52.
- ↑ Sharif Razi, Ganjina-yi danishmandan, 1354 Sh, vol. 7, p. 100.
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- Aghaz-i bi kar-i shabaka-yi "al-Mayadeen", Asr Iran News, June 9, 2012.
- Ansari, Hamid, Hadith-i bidari, Tehran, Mu'assisa Tanzim wa Nashr-i Athar-i Imam Khomeini, 1389 Sh.
- Hasanzadeh Amuli, Hasan, "Mirza Jawad Aqa Maliki Tabrizi," in *Kihan-i Andisha*, no. 55, August and September 1994.
- Ha'iri, Sa'id, Ruzshumar-i qamari, Qom, Markaz-i Pazhuhish-ha-yi Islami-yi Sada wa Sima, 1381 Sh.
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- Az 'amaliyat-i salamat al-jalil wa shakl-giri-yi Hizbullah ta khusha-ha-yi khashm, Tasnim News Agency, April 5, 2017.
- Fawt-i Ayatollah Shaykh 'Abbas Mesbahzadeh, Shia Waves, June 12, 2022.