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[td]{{Short description|Assassination bombing of Iranian leaders}}[/td] [td]{{Duplicated citations|reason=DuplicateReferences script detected:[/td] [td][/td] [td]* https://www.jstor.org/stable/42763892 (refs: 10, 11)[/td] [td][/td] [td]|date=August 2025}}[/td] [td]{{Infobox civilian attack[/td]
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[td]==Suspects==[/td] [td]Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombing, the Islamic Republic nevertheless attributed it to the [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] (MEK).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ram|first1=Haggay|title=Crushing the Opposition: Adversaries of the Islamic Republic of Iran |journal=Middle East Journal|date=Summer 1992|volume=46|issue=3|pages=426β439|jstor=42763892}}</ref> Also some Western observers believe the MEK could have been responsible, while others note that "the explosions were set off by insiders β the first by an accomplice working in the offices of the [[Islamic Republican Party|IRP]], the second by the guard in charge of security at Prime Minister Bahonar's headquarters." Mangol Bayat also expressed doubts that the MEK would be capable of the attacks "since infiltration of the regime at the very high level would have been necessary."<ref name="JSTOR">{{cite journal|last1=Reed|first1=Ann K.|title=Iran's Mujahideen: At the Center of Opposition|journal=[[Harvard International Review]]|date=1 January 1981|volume=4|issue=3|pages=10β12|jstor=42763892}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombing, the Islamic Republic nevertheless attributed it to the [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] (MEK).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ram|first1=Haggay|title=Crushing the Opposition: Adversaries of the Islamic Republic of Iran |journal=Middle East Journal|date=Summer 1992|volume=46|issue=3|pages=426β439|jstor=4328464}}</ref> Also some Western observers believe the MEK could have been responsible, while others note that "the explosions were set off by insiders β the first by an accomplice working in the offices of the [[Islamic Republican Party|IRP]], the second by the guard in charge of security at Prime Minister Bahonar's headquarters." Mangol Bayat also expressed doubts that the MEK would be capable of the attacks "since infiltration of the regime at the very high level would have been necessary."<ref name="JSTOR">{{cite journal|last1=Reed|first1=Ann K.|title=Iran's Mujahideen: At the Center of Opposition|journal=[[Harvard International Review]]|date=1 January 1981|volume=4|issue=3|pages=10β12|jstor=42763892}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The Islamic Republic of Iran later claimed that the attack was carried out by MEK agent [[Masoud Keshmiri]], secretary of Bahonar's office and of the [[Supreme National Security Council]],<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|title=Iran: Secret agent was bomber|access-date=15 June 2017|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=14 September 1981|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021110...d=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|url-status=live}}</ref> who used a fake passport to escape Iran after the attack.<ref name="famous">{{cite book|last1=Newton|first1=Michael|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]|date=17 April 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610692861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|access-date=14 March 2017|page=77}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The Islamic Republic of Iran later claimed that the attack was carried out by MEK agent [[Masoud Keshmiri]], secretary of Bahonar's office and of the [[Supreme National Security Council]],<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|title=Iran: Secret agent was bomber|access-date=15 June 2017|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=14 September 1981|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021110...d=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|url-status=live}}</ref> who used a fake passport to escape Iran after the attack.<ref name="famous">{{cite book|last1=Newton|first1=Michael|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]|date=17 April 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610692861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|access-date=14 March 2017|page=77}}</ref>[/td]
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[/td][td]{{Short description|Assassination bombing of Iranian leaders}}[/td] [td]{{Duplicated citations|reason=DuplicateReferences script detected:[/td] [td][/td] [td]* https://www.jstor.org/stable/42763892 (refs: 10, 11)[/td] [td][/td] [td]|date=August 2025}}[/td] [td]{{Infobox civilian attack[/td]
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[td]==Suspects==[/td] [td]Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombing, the Islamic Republic nevertheless attributed it to the [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] (MEK).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ram|first1=Haggay|title=Crushing the Opposition: Adversaries of the Islamic Republic of Iran |journal=Middle East Journal|date=Summer 1992|volume=46|issue=3|pages=426β439|jstor=42763892}}</ref> Also some Western observers believe the MEK could have been responsible, while others note that "the explosions were set off by insiders β the first by an accomplice working in the offices of the [[Islamic Republican Party|IRP]], the second by the guard in charge of security at Prime Minister Bahonar's headquarters." Mangol Bayat also expressed doubts that the MEK would be capable of the attacks "since infiltration of the regime at the very high level would have been necessary."<ref name="JSTOR">{{cite journal|last1=Reed|first1=Ann K.|title=Iran's Mujahideen: At the Center of Opposition|journal=[[Harvard International Review]]|date=1 January 1981|volume=4|issue=3|pages=10β12|jstor=42763892}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombing, the Islamic Republic nevertheless attributed it to the [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] (MEK).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ram|first1=Haggay|title=Crushing the Opposition: Adversaries of the Islamic Republic of Iran |journal=Middle East Journal|date=Summer 1992|volume=46|issue=3|pages=426β439|jstor=4328464}}</ref> Also some Western observers believe the MEK could have been responsible, while others note that "the explosions were set off by insiders β the first by an accomplice working in the offices of the [[Islamic Republican Party|IRP]], the second by the guard in charge of security at Prime Minister Bahonar's headquarters." Mangol Bayat also expressed doubts that the MEK would be capable of the attacks "since infiltration of the regime at the very high level would have been necessary."<ref name="JSTOR">{{cite journal|last1=Reed|first1=Ann K.|title=Iran's Mujahideen: At the Center of Opposition|journal=[[Harvard International Review]]|date=1 January 1981|volume=4|issue=3|pages=10β12|jstor=42763892}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The Islamic Republic of Iran later claimed that the attack was carried out by MEK agent [[Masoud Keshmiri]], secretary of Bahonar's office and of the [[Supreme National Security Council]],<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|title=Iran: Secret agent was bomber|access-date=15 June 2017|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=14 September 1981|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021110...d=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|url-status=live}}</ref> who used a fake passport to escape Iran after the attack.<ref name="famous">{{cite book|last1=Newton|first1=Michael|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]|date=17 April 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610692861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|access-date=14 March 2017|page=77}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The Islamic Republic of Iran later claimed that the attack was carried out by MEK agent [[Masoud Keshmiri]], secretary of Bahonar's office and of the [[Supreme National Security Council]],<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|title=Iran: Secret agent was bomber|access-date=15 June 2017|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=14 September 1981|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021110...d=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976,5687157|url-status=live}}</ref> who used a fake passport to escape Iran after the attack.<ref name="famous">{{cite book|last1=Newton|first1=Michael|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]|date=17 April 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610692861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|access-date=14 March 2017|page=77}}</ref>[/td]
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