Word: bahonar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pigeons. Their strength also comes from a 5,000-member intelligence network that has penetrated every level of Khomeini's hierarchy. One example: Massoud Keshmiri, the top government aide who carried a bomb right into a meeting with President Ali Raja'i and Prime Minister Mohammed Javad Bahonar, killing them and six others last month...
...Republic Party that parliament was a likely target for bombing by insurrectionist forces. He then strove to assure Iranians that Iran is "the most stable country in the world." After naming Ayatullah Mohammed Reza Mahdavi Kani, a former interior minister, as Prime Minister to replace the assassinated Mohammed Javad Bahonar, the Imam intoned: "When a Prime Minister is assassinated, another is appointed the same day, and when a President is assassinated, another is elected right on schedule...
...interest in Iran as a buffer to Soviet expansion," an Administration official explains. "But at this point, all we can do is sit back and wait to see what happens." Although Moscow has consistently supported Khomeini, the Soviets are in a similar quandary. Pravda reported the Raja'i-Bahonar killings factually and tersely-a sign that the Kremlin is keeping its options open. The Palestine Liberation Organization is caught between its initial attraction to Khomeini, who has steadily supported the Palestinian cause, and the Mujahedin, whose secular views are closer to its own. Hani al-Hassan, a top adviser...
...Bombing That Killed Raja'i and Bahonar. It was the very natural conclusion of actions for which Khomeini is responsible. I recognize this response to the executions and torture as legitimate. There is no other solution...
...people, who are responsible for the torture and executions, are falling down like the leaves of autumn. I don't think this story will continue too long: 90% of Khomeini's leadership is gone. The estimates of 1 million people at the [Raja'i and Bahonar] funeral are exaggerated; most journalists say there were not more than 100,000. I am not happy myself about the death of anyone, even my enemy, but we were informed by Iranian students that people were really happy and were congratulating us. We are on the offensive, and Khomeini...