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Mohammad-Reza Kolahi Samadi
In 1981
Born
Mohammad-Reza Kolahi Samadi

c. 1958 or 1959
Iran
Died15 December 2015(2015-12-15) (aged 56)[2]
Almere, Netherlands[2]
Cause of deathMurder
NationalityIranian
Other namesAli Mo’tamed
Alma materIran University of Science and Technology (dropped out)[3]
Political partyPeople's Mujahedin
Islamic Republican Party
(1979–1981)
Criminal statusConvicted in absentia[1]
Conviction(s)Hafte Tir bombing
Criminal penaltyDeath penalty[1]
Wanted by
Iran
Wanted since1981
Military career
Service / branchRevolutionary Committees[1]

Mohammad-Reza Kolahi (Template:Lang-fa), was a member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) who infiltrated the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) and planted a bomb on the headquarters of the latter that killed more than 70 officials in 1981, according to the Iranian authorities. The victims included the party's secretary-general and Iran's chief justice, 4 cabinet ministers, 10 vice ministers and 27 members of the parliament.[4] He reportedly was a freshman student of electrical engineering who worked as an electrician in the IRP.[3] On 28 June 1981, he planted two bombs and left the building to "buy ice creams" ten minutes before detonations.[5]

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.[1] Kolahi was married to a Dutch woman and had a 17-year-old son.[1] Two suspects of killing Kolahi identified as 28-year-old Anouar A.B. and 35-year-old Moreo M, neither are of Iranian origin. According to Radio Farda, Iranian government may be behind the murder.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Another Twist In Mysterious Murder Of 1981 Tehran Bombing Suspect", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 30 May 2018, retrieved 1 June 2018
  2. ^ a b Janene Pieters (27 October 2016), "POLICE: SUSPECTS IN ALMERE ASSASSINATION FROM AMSTERDAM ZUIDOOST", NL Times, retrieved 1 June 2018
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Qasemi, Hamid Reza (2016), "Chapter 12: Iran and Its Policy Against Terrorism", in Alexander R. Dawoody (ed.), Eradicating Terrorism from the Middle East, Policy and Administrative Approaches, vol. 17, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, p. 201, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31018-3, ISBN 978-3-319-31018-3
  5. ^ James Buchan (2013). Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. Simon and Schuster. p. 293. ISBN 1416597778.
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