Masoud Keshmiri Explained

Masoud Keshmiri
Birth Place:Kermanshah, Iran
Death Date:June 11, 2023?
Nationality:Iranian
Party:People's Mujahedin of Iran
Islamic Republican Party
Wanted By:Iran
Wanted Since:1981

Masoud Keshmiri (Persian: مسعود کشمیری) was an Iranian militant who was the member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) who infiltrated the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) and came 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.[1] [2] Victims of the explosion were President Mohammad-Ali Rajai 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.[3]

Iranian state media claimed that Keshmiri was killed in a June 11, 2023, attack on a MEK site in a Paris suburb.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Iran: Secret agent was bomber. 15 June 2017. Associated Press. The Spokesman-Review. 14 September 1981.
  2. Book: Hiro. Dilip. Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. 2013. 978-1-135-04381-0.
  3. Book: Michael Newton. Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia. 1. 2014. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-61069-286-1. 28. Bahonar, Mohammad-Javad (1933–1981). Although the Bahonar-Rajai assassination was solved with identification of bomber Massoud Kashmiri as an MEK agent he remained unpunished. Various mujahedin were arrested and executedin reprisal, but Kashmiri apparently slipped through the dragnet..
  4. Web site: Deep Dive: After 'attacks' and raid in Europe, can Iran get exiled dissidents extradited? . amwaj.media . 9 September 2023.