1938 in Iran

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See also:	Other events of 1938 Years in Iran

The following lists events that happened during 1938 in Pahlavi Iran.

Incumbents

• Shah: Reza Shah
• Prime Minister: Mahmoud Djam

Births

• January 7 – Houshang Ghazvini, Iranian sports shooter.
• January 11 – Sadegh Sharafkandi, Assassinated Iranian/Kurdish politician.
• January 13 – Mohammad Momen, Member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts.
• January 27 – Parviz Fannizadeh, Iranian actor.
• February 9 – Abolfazl Anvari, Iranian amateur wrestler.
• February 14 – Jalal Keshmiri, Olympic athlete.
• February 18 – Azartash Azarnoosh, Iranian academic.
• February 24 – Yusef Majidzadeh, Iranian archaeologist.
• February 27 – Manouchehr Farid, Iranian actor.
• March 3 – Ahmad Jafari, Iranian architect.
• March 3 – Sadegh Tabrizi, Iranian painter, calligrapher, designer.
• March 7 – Jalal Zolfonun, Iranian musician.
• March 10 – Behrouz Vossoughi, Iranian actor.
• March 11 – Farhad Fakhreddini, Iranian musician.
• March 14 – Parvaneh Forouhar, Iranian activist.
• March 18 – Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran, Olympic wrestler.
• March 22 – Mohammad Javad Tondguyan, Iranian engineer.
• April 5 – Reza Ghotbi, Iranian engineer.
• April 9 – Aziz Asli, Iranian footballer and manager.
• April 12 – Iraj Kaboli, Iranian writer.
• May 1 – Parviz Nouri, Iranian film director.
• June 1 – Lotfollah Kiashemshaki, Iranian skier.
• June 23 – Hassan Ayat, Iranian politician.
• June 24 – Bahram Hooshyar, Iran Air Force General.
• July 3 – Ebrahim Seifpour, Olympic wrestler.
• July 3 – Khosrow Shakeri Zand, Iranian historian.
• July 6 – Manny Mashouf, American businessman, billionaire, philanthropist.
• July 9 – Kambozia Jamali, Iranian footballer.
• July 28 – Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei, Iranian philosopher.
• August 2 – Dariush Ashoori, Iranian writer, translator, linguist and researcher.
• August 11 – Hajir Darioush, Iranian film maker.
• August 14 – Mansour Mehdizadeh, Olympic wrestler.
• September 9 – Mazhar Khaleqi, Iranian singer.
• October 7 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian entertainer.
• October 7 – Hadi Tavoosi, Iranian footballer.
• October 14 – Farah Pahlavi, queen/empress consort of Iran from 1959 to 1979.
• October 31 – Rasoul Mirmalek, Iranian wrestler.
• November 30 – Rouben Galichian, Armenian scholar.
• December 7 – Houshang Zarif, Iranian tar player.
• December 11 – Heshmat Mohajerani, Iranian footballer and manager.

Deaths

• July 16 – Avetis Sultan-Zade, Persian-born ethnic Armenian communist and economist.
• ? – Musa bey Rafiyev, Azerbaijani politician.
• ? – Yussef E'tesami, Iranian journalist, politician, publisher.