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Mykonos restaurant assassinations
to participate.[5] However, due to a telephone call to Ing-
var Carlsson from then Prime Minister of Sweden Carl
Bildt, who urged Carlsson to immediately return to Swe-
den due to the urgent state of the Swedish economy, all
three flew back to Sweden the same day and thus proba-
bly escaped being assassinated as well.[5]
Adaptations in Media
The events surrounding the Mykonos restaurant assassi-
nations and subsequent trial were adapted into a non-fic-
tion story by Roya Hakakian in her book Assassins of the
Turquoise Palace.
The names of the 4 victims appear in the commemorative
plaque See also
• Iran-Germany relations
In the Mykonos restaurant assassinations (Persian: • 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing
,ترور رستوران میکونوسalso the "Mykonos Incident"
Incident"), • Chain Murders of Iran
Iranian-Kurdish opposition leaders Sadegh Sharafkandi, • Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan and their translator
Nouri Dehkordi were assassinated at the Mykonos Greek
restaurant in Berlin, Germany on 17 September 1992. References
trial,
In the Mykonos trial the German court found Kazem [1] Israel fails to prevent Germany freeing Iranian
Darabi, an Iranian who worked as a grocer in Berlin, and [2] Roya Hakakian (2007-10-04). "The End of the
Lebanese Abbas Rhayel, guilty of murder and sentenced Dispensable Iranian". Der Spiegel.
them to life in prison. Two other Lebanese, Youssef Amin http://www.spiegel.de/international/
and Mohamed Atris, were convicted of being accessories 0,1518,476369,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
to murder. In its 10 April 1997 ruling, the court issued an [3] Germany and Iran Embroiled in Diplomatic Spat |
international arrest warrant for Iranian intelligence min- Germany | Deutsche Welle | 28.04.2004
ister Hojjat al-Islam Ali Fallahian[1] after declaring that [4] Germany Deports Iranian jailed for 1992 murders
the assassination had been ordered by him with knowl- [5] ^ Svensson, Niklas (26 maj 2010). "Här kunde Sahlin
edge of supreme leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei och Carlsson ha mördats" (in Swedish). Expressen.
and president Ayatollah Rafsanjani [2] . This led to a http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.2001473/har-
diplomatic crisis between the governments of Iran and kunde-sahlin-och-carlsson-ha-mordats. Retrieved
several European countries, which lasted until November 26 maj 2010.
1997.[citation needed]
In a 2004 letter to Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit, Mah-
moud Ahmadinejad (then mayor of Tehran) objected to
External links
the commemorative plaque in front of the restaurant, • CNN: German court implicates Iran leaders in ’92
calling it an insult to Iran.[3] killings
Despite international and domestic protests, Darabi • Official court ruling, pdf, German
and Rhayel were released from prison on 10 December • Iran Human Rights Documentation Center: Murder
2007 and deported back to their home countries.[4] at Mykonos: Anatomy of a Political Assassination
At the same dinner where the four were executed al- • "Holy Crime" A Documentary by Reza Allamehzadeh
so two-term Prime Minister of Sweden and then leader about the assassinations (English version on
of the Swedish Social Democratic Party Ingvar Carlsson, YouTube)
then party secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic • Assassinations of Those Who are against Iran’s
Party Mona Sahlin and former Swedish State Secretary Government; An Interview with Reza Allamehzadeh
for Foreign Affairs Pierre Schori were originally intended (Radio Zamaneh, in Persian)
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