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On 10 April 1999, 6:45 local time, Shirazi was assassinated outside his house while on his way to work. The group Mujahadeen-e-Khalgh (MEK), claimed responsibility. The MEK claimed the act was revenge for Operation Mersad.
Monireh Taslimi, born Monir Akhundnia in 1926 in Bandar Anzali (then known as Bandar Pahlavi), …