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Word: mehdi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...tossed the pistol away, crying "Allah akbar!" (Allah is great), and then started to faint. Police seized him. Pasted on the revolver was a message demanding freedom for Navab Safavi, imprisoned leader of Iran's most feared terror group-Fadayan Islam. The terrorists had picked young Mohammed Mehdi Mojtahedi to kill Fatemi because capital punishment does not apply to teen-age killers in Iran. The boy told cops that the next victim on Fadayan's schedule was Premier Mossadegh, because he flirted with foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Blame the British | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

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