Paul R. Shaffer

Col. Paul R. Shaffer (1930–1975) was a United States military aid to Iran who was assassinated by Marxist terrorists.[1][2] The People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) was responsible for the assassination.[3]

Assassination

On May 1975 terrorists stopped the car carrying Col. Shaffer and Col. Jack Turner. They ordered the Iranian driver to lay down and shot and killed Americans at point blank range. The shooting happened when the two officers were on their way to work at Iranian military base in south Tehran.[1][4][2][5]

Aftermath

The Iranian government identified terrorists as Marxist guerrillas. An unknown woman, claiming to speak for the "Iranian People’s Warriors Association" said "the execution of American officers was a reply to the execution of nine Iranian revolutionaries in prison last month."[1]

Memorial

In 2005 a memorial was built by the War on Terror Foundation to honor Col. Shaffer.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Daily Kent Stater 22 May 1975". Kent State University.
  2. 1 2 "Desert Sun 21 May 1975" – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  3. ↑ Global Terrorism Database [Data file], National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), 1975-05-21, 197505210002
  4. ↑ "Desert Sun 28 August 1976" – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  5. ↑ "Terrorists Kill Iranian Employe of U.S. Embassy". The New York Times. 4 July 1975.
  6. ↑ http://www.waronterror.org/the-memorial/
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