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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>{{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>{{citation|title=The story behind Iran's 'murder plot' in Denmark|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46043404}}</ref> '''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"/>


He reportedly was a freshman student of electrical engineering who worked as an electrician in the IRP.<ref name="B"/> He reportedly was a freshman student of electrical engineering who worked as an electrician in the IRP.<ref name="B"/>
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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"/> 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>{{citation|title=The story behind Iran's 'murder plot' in Denmark|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46043404}}</ref> 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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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)
Military career
Service / branchRevolutionary Committees

Mohammad-Reza Kolahi (Template:Lang-fa), was a member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) that, according to Iranian authorities, was suspected of planting a bomb at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) that killed more than 70 officials in 1981. Kolahi was assassinated in 2015. The Islamic Republic of Iran is believed to have been behind the assassination.

He reportedly was a freshman student of electrical engineering who worked as an electrician in the IRP.

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 SAVAK and the Iraqi regime. Two days later, Ruhollah Khomeini accused the MEK. According to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kolahi was suspected of plating to bombs as he left the building to "buy ice creams" ten minutes before detonations. A few years later, a Kermanshah tribunal executed four "Iraqi agents" for the incident. Another tribunal in Tehran 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". According to Ervand Abrahamian, "whatever the truth, the Islamic Republic used the incident to wage war on the Left opposition in general and the Mojahedin in particular."

Assassination

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.

According to Het Parool, 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.

References

  1. ^ Janene Pieters (27 October 2016), "POLICE: SUSPECTS IN ALMERE ASSASSINATION FROM AMSTERDAM ZUIDOOST", NL Times, retrieved 1 June 2018
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Another Twist In Mysterious Murder Of 1981 Tehran Bombing Suspect", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 30 May 2018, retrieved 1 June 2018
  4. ^ "The story behind Iran's 'murder plot' in Denmark", BBC
  5. James Buchan (2013). Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. Simon and Schuster. p. 293. ISBN 1416597778.
  6. "33 HIGH IRANIAN OFFICIALS DIE IN BOMBIMG AT PARTY MEETING; CHIEF JUDGE IS AMONG VICTIMS", NY Times
  7. Abrahamian, Ervand (1989). Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin. I.B. Tauris. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-1-85043-077-3.
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