Mohammad-Reza Kolahi
| Mohammad-Reza Kolahi Samadi | |
|---|---|
 In 1981 | |
| Born |
Mohammad-Reza Kolahi Samadi c. 1958/1959 Iran |
| Died |
15 December 2015 (aged 56)[1] Almere, Netherlands[1] |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Other names | Ali Mo’tamed |
| Alma mater | Iran University of Science and Technology (dropped out)[2] |
| Political party |
People's Mujahedin Islamic Republican Party (1979–1981) |
| Criminal penalty | Death penalty[3] |
| Criminal status | Convicted in absentia[3] |
| Conviction(s) | Hafte Tir bombing |
Wanted by | Iran |
| Wanted since | 1981 |
| Military career | |
| Service/ | Revolutionary Committees[3] |
Mohammad-Reza Kolahi (Persian: محمدرضا کلاهی), 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.[2] 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 (Persian: علی معتمد) in the Netherlands as refugee, and was murdered in December 2015.[3] Kolahi was married to a Dutch woman and had a 17-year-old son.[3] 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.[3]
References
- 1 2 Janene Pieters (27 October 2016), "POLICE: SUSPECTS IN ALMERE ASSASSINATION FROM AMSTERDAM ZUIDOOST", NL Times, retrieved 1 June 2018
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Another Twist In Mysterious Murder Of 1981 Tehran Bombing Suspect", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 30 May 2018, retrieved 1 June 2018
- ↑ Qasemi, Hamid Reza (2016), "Chapter 12: Iran and Its Policy Against Terrorism", in Alexander R. Dawoody, Eradicating Terrorism from the Middle East, Policy and Administrative Approaches, 17, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, p. 201, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31018-3, ISBN 978-3-319-31018-3
- ↑ James Buchan (2013). Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. Simon and Schuster. p. 293. ISBN 1416597778.