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Iranian president Mohammad-Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar were assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
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President of Iran in 1981
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Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Iranian Islamic cleric and politician (1933–1981)
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1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing
Assassination bombing of Iranian leaders
The office of Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Prime Minister of Iran, was bombed on 30 August 1981 by the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), killing Bahonar, President Mohammad Ali Rajai, and six other Iranian government officials. The briefcase bombing came two months after the Hafte…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
Political party in Iran
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