1908 in Iran

← 1907 1906 1905 1908 in Persia → 1909 1910 1911
Decades:
See also:	Other events of 1908 Years in Iran

The following lists events that have happened in 1908 in the Qajar dynasty in Iran.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
• Prime Minister:
  • until May 21: Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi
  • May 21-June 7: vacant
  • starting June 7: Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh

Events

• June 23 – Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar exploited divisions with the ranks of the reformers to eliminate the Majlis. ^[1] Vladimir Liakhov, a Russian Cossack Brigade commander, shelled Majlis and executed several leaders of Constitutional Movement.
• June - Siege of Astarabad ^[2]

References

1. Mackey, Sandra The Iranians : Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation, New York : Dutton, c1996. p.150-55
2. Yazdānī, Sohrab (2010). Constitutional Mujahideen (Chāp-i 1 ed.). Tihrān: Ney Publishers. p. 83. ISBN   978-964-185-083-0. OCLC   604966925.