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| '''Masoud Keshmiri''' ({{lang-fa|مسعود کشمیری}}) was a member of the ] (MEK) who ] the ] (IRP) and come up through the ranks |
'''Masoud Keshmiri''' ({{lang-fa|مسعود کشمیری}}) was a member of the ] (MEK) who ] the ] (IRP) and come up through the ranks, reaching the position of secretary of the ], before planting an incendiary bomb in his briefcase that ] in 1981.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=976%2C5687157|title=Iran: Secret agent was bomber|accessdate=15 June 2017|work=Associated Press|publisher=The Spokesman-Review|date=14 September 1981}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hiro|first1=Dilip|title=Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals)|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=1-135-04381-7}}</ref> Victims of the explosion were President ] and Prime Minister ] among others. | ||
| At first, it was thought that Keshmiri himself died in the explosion,<ref>{{citation|title=Iran's rebels getting bolder day by day|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0915/091530.html|author=James Dorsey|date=15 September 1981|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> however it was later revealed that he slipped through the dragnet.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Newton|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia|volume=1|date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-286-1|pages=28}}</ref> | At first, it was thought that Keshmiri himself died in the explosion,<ref>{{citation|title=Iran's rebels getting bolder day by day|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0915/091530.html|author=James Dorsey|date=15 September 1981|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> however it was later revealed that he slipped through the dragnet.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Newton|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia|volume=1|date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-286-1|pages=28}}</ref> | ||
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| Masoud Keshmiri | |
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| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | People's Mujahedin Islamic Republican Party (1979–1981) |
| Wanted by | Iran |
| Wanted since | 1981 |
Masoud Keshmiri (Template:Lang-fa) was a member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) who infiltrated the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) and come up through the ranks, reaching the position of secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, before planting an incendiary bomb in his briefcase that blew up the Prime Minister's office in 1981. Victims of the explosion were President Mohammad-Ali Rajaei and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar among others.
At first, it was thought that Keshmiri himself died in the explosion, however it was later revealed that he slipped through the dragnet.
References
- "Iran: Secret agent was bomber". Associated Press. The Spokesman-Review. 14 September 1981. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- Hiro, Dilip (2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. ISBN 1-135-04381-7.
- James Dorsey (15 September 1981), "Iran's rebels getting bolder day by day", The Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 1 June 2018
- Michael Newton (2014). Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-61069-286-1.
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