Masoud Keshmiri

Masoud Keshmiri (Persian: مسعود کشمیری) was an Iranian "anti-government secret agent", according to Tehran Radio. He infiltrated the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) and came up through the ranks, reaching the position of secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, before planting an incendiary bomb in his briefcase that blew up the Prime Minister's office in 1981.^[1][2] Victims of the explosion were President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar among others.

Masoud Keshmiri
Born	Kermanshah, Iran
Died	June 11, 2023 (alleged by some Iranian media)
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Republican Party (1979–1981)
Wanted by	Iran
Wanted since	1981

On September 14, Iranian authorities acknowledged the extent of infiltration within the regime by revealing that Massoud Keshmiri—formerly a trusted aide to the late President Muhammad Ali Rajai and serving as secretary of the Supreme Security Council—had orchestrated the August 30 bombing of the Prime Minister’s office. At first, it was thought that Keshmiri himself died in the explosion,^[3] however it was later revealed that he slipped through the dragnet.^[4]

Iranian state media claimed that Keshmiri was killed in a June 11, 2023, attack on an MEK site in a Paris suburb.^[5]

See also

• List of fugitives from justice who disappeared