"Mohsen Rafiqdoost during an interview in Tehran, on November 6, 2018. Photo via the website of the Iranian Supreme Leader"
In just a few words, Mohesen Rafiqdoost, a former minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 1982 to 1988, has openly contradicted the Iranian regime's narrative and long-stranding denials. In an interview with Didban Iran, he admitted to order the assassinations of Iranian dissidents in Europe in the years following the 1079 Islamic revolution, actions that Iran has consistently denied. "I was the one who ordered him to be assassinated," he said defiantly, referring to Chapour Bakhtiar. The killing of Iran’s last prime minister under the monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has become emblematic of the "serial murders" — a campaign of deadly hunts carried out by Tehran against figures of the former regime in the decade after the Shah's fall. Read more Iran is willing to give Trump diplomacy 'another chance', senior...
In just a few words, Mohesen Rafiqdoost, a former minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 1982 to 1988, has openly contradicted the Iranian regime's narrative and long-stranding denials. In an interview with Didban Iran, he admitted to order the assassinations of Iranian dissidents in Europe in the years following the 1079 Islamic revolution, actions that Iran has consistently denied. "I was the one who ordered him to be assassinated," he said defiantly, referring to Chapour Bakhtiar. The killing of Iran’s last prime minister under the monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has become emblematic of the "serial murders" — a campaign of deadly hunts carried out by Tehran against figures of the former regime in the decade after the Shah's fall. Read more Iran is willing to give Trump diplomacy 'another chance',...