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| branch = ]<ref name="RFE/RL">{{citation|title=Another Twist In Mysterious Murder Of 1981 Tehran Bombing Suspect|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/another-twist-in-mysterious-murder-of-1981-tehran-bombing-suspect-/29259096.html|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=30 May 2018|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> | branch = ]<ref name="RFE/RL">{{citation|title=Another Twist In Mysterious Murder Of 1981 Tehran Bombing Suspect|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/another-twist-in-mysterious-murder-of-1981-tehran-bombing-suspect-/29259096.html|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=30 May 2018|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
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'''Mohammad-Reza Kolahi''' ({{lang-fa|محمدرضا کلاهی}}), was a member of the ] (MEK) that, according to Iranian authorities, was suspected of planting a bomb at the headquarters of the ] (IRP) that ] in 1981.<ref name="auto">{{citation|title=The story behind Iran's 'murder plot' in Denmark|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46043404}}</ref> Kolahi was assassinated in 2015. The ] is believed to have been behind the assassination.<ref name="auto"/> '''Mohammad-Reza Kolahi''' ({{lang-fa|محمدرضا کلاهی}}), was a member of the ] (MEK) who ] the ] (IRP) and planted a bomb on the headquarters of the latter that ] in 1981, according to the Iranian authorities. The victims included ], 4 cabinet ministers, 10 vice ministers and 27 members of the parliament.<ref>{{Citation|first1=Hamid Reza|last1=Qasemi|title=Eradicating Terrorism from the Middle East|series=Policy and Administrative Approaches|chapter=Chapter 12: Iran and Its Policy Against Terrorism|volume=17|editor=Alexander R. Dawoody|isbn=978-3-319-31018-3|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-31018-3|year=2016|publisher=Springer International Publishing Switzerland|page=201}}</ref> He reportedly was a freshman student of electrical engineering who worked as an electrician in the IRP.<ref name="B"/> On 28 June 1981, he planted two bombs and left the building to "buy ice creams" ten minutes before detonations.<ref>{{cite book |author=James Buchan|title=Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences|publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=293|date=2013|isbn=1416597778}}</ref>


⚫ In 2018, it was revealed that he was living under false identity of '''Ali Motamed''' ({{lang-fa|علی معتمد}}) in the Netherlands as refugee, and was murdered in December 2015.<ref name="RFE/RL"/> Kolahi was married to a Dutch woman and had a 17-year-old son.<ref name="RFE/RL"/> Two suspects of killing Kolahi identified as 28-year-old Anouar A.B. and 35-year-old Moreo M, neither are of Iranian origin. According to ], Iranian government may be behind the murder.<ref name="RFE/RL"/>
He reportedly was a freshman student of electrical engineering who worked as an electrician in the IRP.<ref name="B"/>

== Hafte Tir bombing allegations==

On 28 June, 1981, two bombs were detonated at the IRP headquarters, killing Beheshti and some seventy Iranian officials. The Islamic Republic of Iran first blamed ] and the Iraqi regime. Two days later, ] accused the MEK. According to the ], Kolahi was suspected of plating to bombs as he left the building to "buy ice creams" ten minutes before detonations.<ref>{{cite book |author=James Buchan|title=Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences|publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=293|date=2013|isbn=1416597778}}</ref> A few years later, a Kermanshah tribunal executed four "Iraqi agents" for the incident. Another tribunal in ] executed Mehdi Tafari for the same incident. In 1985, the head of military intelligence informed the press that this had been the work of royalist army officers. Iran's security forces blamed the United States and "international mercenaries".<ref>{{Citation|title=33 HIGH IRANIAN OFFICIALS DIE IN BOMBIMG AT PARTY MEETING; CHIEF JUDGE IS AMONG VICTIMS|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/29/world/33-high-iranian-officials-die-bombimg-party-meeting-chief-judge-among-victims.html|newspaper=NY Times}}</ref> According to ], "whatever the truth, the Islamic Republic used the incident to wage war on the Left opposition in general and the Mojahedin in particular."<ref>{{cite book |first=Ervand |last=Abrahamian |title=Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin |publisher=I.B. Tauris|year=1989|isbn=978-1-85043-077-3|pages=219-220}}</ref>

== Assassination ==

⚫ In 2018, it was revealed that he was living under false identity of '''Ali Motamed''' ({{lang-fa|علی معتمد}}) in the Netherlands as refugee, and was murdered in December 2015.<ref name="RFE/RL"/> Kolahi was married to a Dutch woman and had a 17-year-old son.<ref name="RFE/RL"/>

According to ], two men suspecting of killing Kolahi were identified as 28-year-old Anouar A.B. and 35-year-old Moreo M, “Both suspects have a criminal record and come from the same Bijlmer neighborhood of Amsterdam.” Several sources accused the Iranian government of being behind the assassination.<ref name="auto"/>
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Revision as of 15:17, 23 January 2019

Mohammad-Reza Kolahi Samadi
In 1981
BornMohammad-Reza Kolahi Samadi
c. 1958 or 1959
Iran
Died15 December 2015(2015-12-15) (aged 56)
Almere, Netherlands
Cause of deathMurder
NationalityIranian
Other namesAli Mo’tamed
Alma materIran University of Science and Technology (dropped out)
Political partyPeople's Mujahedin
Islamic Republican Party
(1979–1981)
Criminal statusConvicted in absentia
Conviction(s)Hafte Tir bombing
Criminal penaltyDeath penalty
Wanted byIran
Wanted since1981
Military career
Service / branchRevolutionary Committees

Mohammad-Reza Kolahi (Template:Lang-fa), was a member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) who infiltrated the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) and planted a bomb on the headquarters of the latter that killed more than 70 officials in 1981, according to the Iranian authorities. The victims included the party's secretary-general and Iran's chief justice, 4 cabinet ministers, 10 vice ministers and 27 members of the parliament. He reportedly was a freshman student of electrical engineering who worked as an electrician in the IRP. On 28 June 1981, he planted two bombs and left the building to "buy ice creams" ten minutes before detonations.

In 2018, it was revealed that he was living under false identity of Ali Motamed (Template:Lang-fa) in the Netherlands as refugee, and was murdered in December 2015. Kolahi was married to a Dutch woman and had a 17-year-old son. Two suspects of killing Kolahi identified as 28-year-old Anouar A.B. and 35-year-old Moreo M, neither are of Iranian origin. According to Radio Farda, Iranian government may be behind the murder.

References

  1. ^ "Another Twist In Mysterious Murder Of 1981 Tehran Bombing Suspect", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 30 May 2018, retrieved 1 June 2018
  2. ^ Janene Pieters (27 October 2016), "POLICE: SUSPECTS IN ALMERE ASSASSINATION FROM AMSTERDAM ZUIDOOST", NL Times, retrieved 1 June 2018
  3. ^ Mousavian, Seyed Hossein; Shahidsaless, Shahir (2014). Iran and the United States: An Insider’s View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1628927607.
  4. Qasemi, Hamid Reza (2016), "Chapter 12: Iran and Its Policy Against Terrorism", in Alexander R. Dawoody (ed.), Eradicating Terrorism from the Middle East, Policy and Administrative Approaches, vol. 17, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, p. 201, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31018-3, ISBN 978-3-319-31018-3
  5. James Buchan (2013). Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. Simon and Schuster. p. 293. ISBN 1416597778.
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