Mousa Kalantari

Mousa Kalantari (Persian: موسی کلانتری; born 1949 in Marand — assassinated 1981 in Tehran) was an Iranian politician and former cabinet minister in the government of Abolhassan Banisadr.[1] Kalantari was killed in a terrorist attack on 28 June 1981, when a bomb exploded during a party conference (Hafte tir bombing) martyring him and 32 other leading politicians. In this meeting Kalantari was the main candidate to become the next prime minister of Iran. [2] The Islamic Republic first claimed the bomb was planted by the Tudeh Party, but also accused SAVAK, Mehdi Tafari, Iraqi agents, People's Mujahedin of Iran, United States, and "international mercenaries".[3] [4]

Mousa Kalantari
Minister of Housing and Urban Development
In office
4 February 1980  21 June 1981
PresidentAbolhassan Banisadr
Prime MinisterMohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded byYousef Taheri
Succeeded byHadi Nejadhosseinian
Personal details
Born1949
Marand, East Azerbaijan, Iran
DiedJune 28, 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 32)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyIslamic Republican Party
Alma materAmirkabir University of Technology

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References

  1. "وزيران سابق راه و ترابري". Bashghah-e Khabarnegharan. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. "33 HIGH IRANIAN OFFICIALS DIE IN BOMBIMG AT PARTY MEETING; CHIEF JUDGE IS AMONG VICTIMS". New York Times. 29 June 1981. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. "33 HIGH IRANIAN OFFICIALS DIE IN BOMBIMG AT PARTY MEETING; CHIEF JUDGE IS AMONG VICTIMS", NY Times
  4. Abrahamian, Ervand (1989). Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin. I.B. Tauris. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-1-85043-077-3.
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