Delhi Police Name Iranian Revolutionary Guard for Attack on Israeli Diplomat

(Times of India) Neeraj Chauhan - The Delhi Police have concluded that the suspects involved in the February 13 bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat in India's capital were members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the nation's military. Their investigation report states that the IRGC members had discussed the plan with Indian journalist Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi in January 2011, who has been in touch with these people for almost ten years. Delhi Police have sought more details about the five IRGC members, including Houshang Afshar Irani, Sedaghatzadeh Masoud, Syed Ali Mahdiansadr, Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi, and Ali Akbar Norouzishayan. Masoud is the operational head and it was he who planned the attacks in Georgia, Bangkok and Delhi. Police have also come across the role of an Iranian woman, Leila Rohani, in the New Delhi attack as well as the attacks in Bangkok and Georgia.


2012-07-31 00:00:00

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