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 Rajaei and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar among others.
Masoud Keshmiri | |
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 Killing Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar in 1981 by Masoud Keshmiri | |
| Born | |
| Died | June 11, 2023? |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | People's Mujahedin of Iran Islamic Republican Party (1979–1981) |
Wanted by | Iran |
| Wanted since | 1981 |
At first, it was thought that Keshmiri himself died in the explosion,[3] however it was later revealed that he slipped through the dragnet.[4]
Iranian state media claimed that Keshmiri was killed in a June 11, 2023, attack on a MEK site in a Paris suburb.[5]