1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing — the full case file

No one has ever been charged in the 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing. A bomb detonated in the office of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar on 30 August 1981, killing Bahonar, President Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and several other officials, weeks after a separate bombing killed dozens of senior Iranian leaders. In June 1981, Hafte Tir bombing kills over seventy senior Iranian officials, including Chief Justice Mohammad Beheshti. On August 30, 1981, Bomb explodes in the office of Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, killing Bahonar, President Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and six other officials. On August 31, 1981, Funeral held for the victims, attended by nearly 500,000 people; five national days of mourning declared. On October 2, 1981, Iran's Parliament elects Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani as the new Prime Minister, succeeding Bahonar. The case remains unsolved. This case file is kept in memory of Vahid Dastgerdi, Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Abdol Hossein Daftarian, and Mohammad-Ali Rajai. The full sourced case file, with every fact cited, is at casepin dot org.

Transcript from the video’s narration track. For every source, open the case file.