The following is a list of notable people assassinated by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

Islamic Republic targets

Heads of government branches

Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Ali Rajai ( fa, محمدعلی رجائی; 15 June 1933 – 30 August 1981) was the second president of Iran from 2 to 30 August 1981 after serving as prime minister under Abolhassan Banisadr. He was also minister of foreign affairs fro ...

(30 August 1981) – President of Iran *

Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Javad Bahonar ( fa, محمدجواد باهنر, 5 September 1933 – 30 August 1981) was a Shia Iranian theologian and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran for less than one month in August 1981. Bahonar and other member ...

(30 August 1981) –

Prime Minister of Iran The Prime Minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...

Members of Parliament

* Reza Kamyab (28 July 1981) – Mashhad * Mojtaba Ozbaki (23 December 1981) – Shahrekord * Mohammad-Taqi Besharat (28 December 1981) – Semirom * Mojtaba Esteki (21 January 1982) – MP

Military and police officers

* Brigadier General Saeed Taheri (13 August 1972) –

Chief of Police Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

* Brigadier General Reza Zandipoor (29 March 1975) – Chief of Anti-sabotage Joint Committee Prison * Seyyed Naser Mohsenpur (24 August 1981) –

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

servicemen *General Zandipour (March 1975) – a warden assassinated at the Anti-sabotage Joint Committee prison

Other officials

* Iranian employee at

Embassy of the United States, Tehran The Embassy of the United States of America in Tehran was the American diplomatic mission in the Imperial State of Iran. Direct bilateral diplomatic relations between the two governments were severed following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and ...

(3 July 1975) *

Majid Sharif Vaghefi Majid Sharif-Vaghefi ( fa, مجید شریف واقفی, 1949–1975) was a leading member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) who was murdered in an internal purge staged by the MEK Marxist faction. One of the three members of the MEK's cen ...

(5 May 1975) – Part of a purge, central cadre member, he was shot dead by fellow MEK members and his body was burnt in order not to be identified. * Malek Boroujerdi (23 December 1978) – Iranian Oilfield Services Company (IOSC) employee * Mohammad-Ali Ansari (6 July 1981) – Governor of Gilan Province * Ali Qoddousi (5 September 1981) – Military prosecutor-general *

Mir Asadollah Madani Mir Asadollah Madani Dehkharghani (1914 – 11 September 1981) was an Iran, Iranian politician and Shia cleric. He was the second Imam Jumu'ah of Tabriz, the Imam Jumu'ah of Hamadan, the representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Supreme Lead ...

(11 September 1981) – Supreme leader's representative in

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...

Hassan Ayat Hassan Ayat (24 June 1938 – 5 August 1981) was an Iranian politician. He was member of Parliament of Iran in first assembly after the Iranian Revolution and also member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution. Early life He was born on 24 June ...

(5 August 1981) -

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian politician, member of Parliament of Iran in first assembly after the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

, member of

Assembly of Experts for Constitution The Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution (AFRC; fa, مجلس بررسی نهایی قانون اساسی) also known as the Assembly of Experts for Constitution ( fa, مجلس خبرگان قانون اساسی), was a constituent a ...

Abdol Hossein Dastgheib Abdol Hossein Dastgheib (8 December 1913 -11 December 1981). He was appointed as Imam of Friday Prayer and one of the representatives of the Supreme Leader in Shiraz. He was a Mujtahidd, expert in Arabic language, theology, revealed texts, and ...

(11 December 1981) – Supreme leader's representative in Fars Province, he and several others killed in a

suicide attack A suicide attack is any violent Strike (attack), attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has suicide, accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have oc ...

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...

during Friday prayers * Gholamali Jaaffarzadeh (23 December 1981) – Governor of Mashhad County * Mohammad-Salim Hosni (14 March 1982) – Reconstruction Crusade official * Ali-Mohammad Sadduqi (2 July 1982) – Supreme leader's representative in Yazd Province * Assassination of a senior cleric in Tehran (26 February 1982) * Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani (15 October 1982) – Supreme leader's representative in Kermanshah Province * Hussein Ghane-Ghole (6 January 1987) – Warden of Mashhad prison * Jamshid Ghare-Sarvari (13 February 1987) – Warden of Ahvaz prison *

Asadollah Lajevardi Sayyid Assadollah Ladjevardi ( fa, اسدالله لاجوردی; 1935 – 23 August 1998) was an Iranian conservative politician, prosecutor and warden. He was one of the officials responsible for the 1988 executions of Iranian political priso ...

(23 August 1998) – Former warden of Evin Prison *A senior cleric (June 1998) assassinated in Najaf, Iraq *A senior IRGC commander (1 May 2000) assassinated in Tehran

Lebanese citizens

* Musa Shaib (28 July 1980) – A leading member of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party in Lebanon by using automatic firearm

Turkish citizens

* Çağlar Yücel (12 December 1993) – A diplomat at the embassy of Turkey in Iraq

Attempted Islamic Republic targets

Heads of government branches

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

(15 March 1985) – President of Iran *

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

(5 February 2000) – President of Iran

Members of Parliament

Habibollah Asgaroladi Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman ( fa, حبيب‌الله عسگراولادی مسلمان‎; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Par ...

(20 July 1981) – Tehran * Hadi Khamenei (11 February 1987) – Mashhad

Military and police officers

* Brigadier General

Mohsen Rafighdoost Mohsen Rafighdoust (also Rafiqdoust, fa, محسن رفیقدوست) is an Iranian Revolutionary Guards military officer and conservative politician. He is a member of the Islamic Coalition Party. Early life Rafighdoost was born around 1940 in so ...

(14 September 1998) – Head of

Mostazafan Foundation The Mostazafan Foundation of Islamic Revolution ( fa, بنیاد مستضعفان انقلاب اسلامی) formerly Bonyad-e Mostazafan va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled or "MFJ") is a charitable '' bonyad'', or foundation, i ...

* Major General

Yahya Rahim Safavi Yahya "Rahim" Safavi ( fa, یحیی (رحیم) صفوی, born 1952) is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Early life Safavi was born in 1952 in the city of Isfahan, Iran. C ...

(13 March 2000) – Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps * Brigadier General Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf (7 January 2001) – Chief of Police of Iran

Other officials

* Ahmad Khomeini (15 June 1982) – Eldest son of the Supreme leader *

Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani Ayatollah Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940-October 13, 2004) was an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. He was a representative of Mashhad in the Majlis of Iran from 2000 to 2004. Born in Mashhad in a religious family, he studied Islamic ...

(22 April 1994) – Member of the Assembly of Experts from Khorasan Province * Mohammed Raisi (6 July 1997) – Diplomat at Iranian Embassy in Madrid, Spain * Ali Razini (5 January 1999) – Head of Tehran's judiciary

Attempted American targets

* Brigadier General Harold Price (May 1972)

Islamic Republic of Iran assassinations allegations against the MEK

* Seyyed Hasan Beheshti (23 July 1981) –

Islamic Republican Party The Islamic Republican Party (IRP; fa, حزب جمهوری اسلامی, Ḥezb-e Jomhūrī-e Eslāmī, also translated Islamic Republic Party) formed in 1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran. ...

's candidate for the parliamentary elections *

Mousa Kalantari Mousa Kalantari ( fa, موسی کلانتری; born 1949 in Marand — assassinated 28 June 1981 in Tehran) was the cabinet minister of transportation in the government of Abolhassan Banisadr. He was the elder brother of Isa Kalantari. Kalantari ...

(28 June 1981) – Minister of Housing * Abdulkarim Hasheminejad (29 September 1981) – Mashhad * Major General

Ali Sayyad Shirazi Ali Sayyad Shirazi ( fa, علی صیاد شیرازی, June 1944 – 10 April 1999) was an Iranian regular military (''Artesh'') officer. He served as commander of the Ground Force during Iran–Iraq War. He was assassinated by Mojahedin-e Khal ...

(10 April 1999) – Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces * Mohammad Kachui (29 June 1981) – Warden of Evin Prison * Mahmoud Ghandi (28 June 1981) – Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone * Hassan Abbaspour (28 June 1981) –

Minister of Energy An energy minister is a position in many governments responsible for energy production and regulation, developing governmental energy policy, scientific research, and natural resources conservation. In some countries, environmental responsibilities ...

* Mohammad-Ali Fayyazbakhsh (28 June 1981) –

Minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...

* Colonel Houshang Vahid-Dastjerdi (5 September 1981) –

of Iran *

Mohammad Montazeri Mohammad Montazeri fa, محمد منتظری (1944–28 June 1981) was an Iranian cleric and military figure. He was one of the founding members and early chiefs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was assassinated in a bombing in Tehr ...

(28 June 1981) – Najafabad * Mohammad Chavoushi (8 March 1982) – Chief of the political and ideological office of the

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy , ''Daryādelān''"Seahearts" , patron = , motto = fa, راه ما، راه حسین است, ''Rāh-e ma, rāh-e hoseyn ast''"''Our Path, Is Hussain's Path''" , colors = , ...

Disputed Assassinations

* Gholam-Hussein Haghani (28 June 1981) – Bandar Abbas * Fakhreddin Rahimi (28 June 1981) – Malavi * Abbas-Ali Nateq-Nouri (28 June 1981) – Nour * Mohammad Beheshti (28 June 1981) –

Chief Justice of Iran The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Head of Judiciary) and is responsible for its administration and supervision. The head of the judiciary of Iran is required to be an "honorable man" acc ...

* Paul E. Grimm (killed 23 December 1978) – Iranian Oilfield Services Company (IOSC) employee *On 28 June 1981, a bomb detonated at the

headquarters in

killed 73, including the party's secretary-general, 4

cabinet ministers A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries. The function of a cabinet varies: in some countries ...

, 10 vice ministers and 27 members of the Parliament of Iran. See

Hafte Tir bombing On 28 June 1981 (7 Tir 1360 in the Iranian calendar; fa, هفت تیر, ), a powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) in Tehran, while a meeting of party leaders was in progress. Seventy-four leading offi ...

* Lieutenant colonel Lewis L. Hawkins (2 June 1973) –

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

military adviser in Iran (the Washington Post reported that the leader of the group, Vahid Afrakhteh, one of the founders of Peykar, stated that he personally killed col. Lewis Lee Hawkins in Tehran in 1973. .A9. * Colonel Paul R. Shaffer (21 May 1975) –

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

military adviser in Iran. * Lieutenant colonel Jack H. Turner (21 May 1975) –

military adviser in Iran * Robert R. Krongrad, William C. Cottrell, Jr., Donald G. Smith (28 August 1976) – they assassinated by four gunmen on their way to

Doshan Tappeh Air Base Doshan Tappeh Airport is located in the Piroozi street (Formerly Farahabad) east of Tehran, the capital of Iran. It is in the middle of IRIAF main base. Nowadays the airport is closed since it is surrounded by houses and other urban areas. In ...

to work on Project IBEX.

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Islamic Republic targets

Heads of government branches

Members of Parliament

Military and police officers

Other officials

Lebanese citizens

Turkish citizens

Attempted Islamic Republic targets

Heads of government branches

Members of Parliament

Military and police officers

Other officials

Attempted American targets

Islamic Republic of Iran assassinations allegations against the MEK

Disputed Assassinations

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