Assassination of Ali Sayyad Shirazi
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title:
Assassination of Ali Sayyad Shirazi
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On 10 April 1999, 6:45 a.m local time, Ali Sayyad Shirazi, the deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, was assassinated while leaving his home for work. He was killed by an Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) assailant, an Iranian opposition group, who was disguised as a street cleaner and handed Shirazi a letter just before shooting him.
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1999 Iranian political killing by the MEK
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Sayyad_Shirazi
date created:
2019-07-17T09:25:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T16:51:22Z
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