1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing

Bombing and assassination of Iranian leaders 8shahrivar1360.jpg The Iranian PM building after the explosion Tehran, Iran Iranian officials 1981 08 30 yes 15,8 شهریور در آیینه خاطرات روزگار سخت ترورهای تلخ امروز سالروز انفجار دفتر نخست‌وزیری و شهادت رجایی و باهنر است Shahrivar 8th in the mirror of memories; The hard times of bitter assassinations: Today is the anniversary of the explosion of the Office of the Prime Minister http://newspaper.fdn.ir/Newspaper/MobileBlock?NewspaperBlockID=3611 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171213142743/http://newspaper.fdn.ir/Newspaper/MobileBlock?NewspaperBlockID=3611 13 December 2017 27 May 2017 Farhikhtegan Newspaper fa 14:458 June 2015 اسناد متهمان دفتر نخست‌وزیری+دستخط عامل انفجار The documents of suspects of PM office + Handwriting of the bomber http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13940607000191 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171213201055/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13940607000191 13 December 2017 28 May 2017 Fars News Agency fa +3:30 Bombing 8 23 Masoud Keshmiri (agent of MEK) The office of Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Prime Minister of Iran, was bombed on 30 August 1981 killing Bahonar, President Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and six other Iranian government officials.Iranian Says Secretary to Premier Hid Fatal Bomb in Teheran Office https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/14/world/iranian-says-secretary-to-premier-hid-fatal-bomb-in-teheran-office.html 14 March 2017 The New York Times 14 September 1981 13 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213210513/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/14/world/iranian-says-secretary-to-premier-hid-fatal-bomb-in-teheran-office.html live United Press International The briefcase bombing came two months after the Hafte Tir bombing, which killed over seventy senior Iranian officials, including Chief Justice Mohammad Beheshti, then Iran's second-highest official. According to sources, nobody "knew exactly who had been in the room at the time of the detonation." Eventually, there were three participants that had been unaccounted for, including Masoud Keshmiri, President Rajai, and Prime Minister Bahonar. It was later revealed that both Rajai and Bahonar had died in the explosion.Muravchik Joshua Trailblazers of the Arab Spring: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East 23 July 2013 Encounter Books 978-1594036798 https://books.google.com/books?id=DT5LAQAAQBAJ&q=Masoud+Keshmiri+mek&pg=PT92 Ayatollah Khomeini charged the MEK with responsibility for the bombing, "however, there has been much speculation among academics and observers that these bombings may have actually been planned by senior Islamic Republican Party (IRP) leaders, including later Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, to rid themselves of rivals within the IRP."Kenneth Katzman Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country? 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Benliot 978-1-56072-954-9 101Newton Michael Famous Assassinations in World History 17 April 2014 ABC-CLIO 9781610692861 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&q=1981+Iranian+Prime+Minister%27s+office+bombing+MEK&pg=PA27 4 November 2020 4 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211104125911/https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&q=1981+Iranian+Prime+Minister%27s+office+bombing+MEK&pg=PA27 live Rubin Barry Colp Rubin Judith Chronologies of Modern Terrorism 28 January 2015 Routledge 9781317474654 246 https://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&q=1981+Iranian+Prime+Minister%27s+office+bombing+MEK&pg=PA246 4 November 2020 4 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211104125908/https://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&q=1981+Iranian+Prime+Minister%27s+office+bombing+MEK&pg=PA246 live Afterward, the interim presidential council announced five national days of mourning, and Iran's Parliament selected Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani as the next prime minister. Parliament held an election on 2 October 1981 to elect Bahonar's successor. Bombing 300px|thumbnail|right|Front page of Ettela'at newspaper, reporting the blast thumb|The Iranian Prime Minister's office after the 1981 explosion On 30 August 1981 a bomb exploded in the office of Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Prime Minister of Iran, which killed Bahonar, President Mohammad Ali Rajai and some other officials. The explosion destroyed the first floor. Due to their severe burns, the corpses were not easily identified. Rajai and Bahonar were identified through their teeth. They had won the election with 91 percent of the vote and had been in power for less than four weeks before the assassination. Their funeral was held the next day with nearly 500,000 attendees. Prominent officials killed President Mohammad-Ali Rajai Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Col. Vahid Dastgerdi, chief of Iranian police Abdol Hossein DaftarianWhen the secret of prime minister's elevator was decoded http://defapress.ir/fa/news/98102/%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF 27 May 2017 19 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180519042425/http://defapress.ir/fa/news/98102/%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF live Defa Press Suspects Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombing, the Islamic Republic nevertheless attributed it to the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).Ram Haggay Crushing the Opposition: Adversaries of the Islamic Republic of Iran Middle East Journal Summer 1992 46 3 426–439 4328464 Also some Western observers believe the MEK could have been responsible, others note that "the explosions were set off by insiders – the first by an accomplice working in the offices of the 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."Reed Ann K. Iran's Mujahideen: At the Center of Opposition Harvard International Review 1 January 1981 4 3 10–12 42763892 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,Associated Press https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976%2C5687157 Iran: Secret agent was bomber 15 June 2017 The Spokesman-Review 14 September 1981 2 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211102080710/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=976%2C5687157 live who used a fake passport to escape Iran after the attack.Newton Michael Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] 17 April 2014 ABC-CLIO 9781610692861 https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 14 March 2017 77 More than twenty suspects were identified in the subsequent investigation, including Masoud Keshmiri, Ali Akbar Tehrani, Mohammad Kazem Peiro Razawi, Khosro Ghanbari Tehrani, Javad Ghadiri, Mohsen Sazgara, Taghi Mohammadi, and Habibollah Dadashi.ناگفته‌هایی درباره کشمیری؛ متهم اول انفجار نخست‌وزیری http://revolution.pchi.ir/show.php?page=contents&id=14986 Political Studies and Research Institute 28 May 2017 fa 4 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190204231241/http://revolution.pchi.ir/show.php?page=contents&id=14986 live Unsaid facts about Keshmiri, prime suspect of PM office bombing Aftermath thumb|196x196px|Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani elected as prime minister by parliament in 1981 According to Iran's constitution, if the President was unable to perform his/her legal duties due to impeachment, resignation, absence, illness or death, the president's duties would be handed over to the Prime Minister. However, since Prime Minister Bahonar was assassinated along with president Rajai, Iran's parliament had to elect a new prime minister first.2017-09-02 خلأ قدرت پس از ترور شهید رجایی چگونه مدیریت شد؟ +سند https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/769444/%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A3-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%DA%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF 2024-07-21 Mashregh News fa How was the power vacuum managed after the assassination of Shahid Rajaee? +Document Parliament held an election on 2 October 1981, and elected Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani as Bahonar's successor with 178 votes in favour, 10 votes against and 8 abstentions. Mahdavi Kani introduced a new cabinet; all the positions were similar to the cabinet of ‌Bahonar, the only changes being the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Road Transport. Tehran radio also said that the Islamic Republic would "continue the firing squad executions of opponents blamed for assassinating the original inner circle of the Islamic leadership". 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