MEK's Suicide Operation to Assassinate Ayatollah Dastgheib

The assassination of Ayatollah Abdolhossein Dastgheib was carried out by a suicide bomber from the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) named Gohar Adab Avaz. On December 11, 1981 in Shiraz, Ayatollah Abdolhossein Dastgheib was assassinated by a member of the MEK terrorist group named Gohar Adab Avaz while on his way to Friday prayers. In this tragedy, 12 other individuals also lost their lives. The National Council of Resistance, a branch of the MEK terrorist group, issued a statement claiming responsibility for this crime and introduced the perpetrator. A section of the document reads:

“...On Friday, December 11, this combat unit, having conducted precise reconnaissance beforehand, was dispatched to the target location to carry out the operation. At the designated moment, our martyred sister and Mujahid, Gohar Adab Avaz, a member of the revolutionary unit, broke through the circle of Dastgheib’s mercenary guards and, with the detonation of a handmade bomb, killed him along with 12 of his guards. The remaining Mujahideen fighters safely returned to their base. In this courageous operation, our Mujahid sister also achieved martyrdom…”