About Musa Kalantari
Lived 1948 – 1981 (aged 32–33). Musa Kalantari was an Iranian politician.
Mousa Kalantari (; 1949 in Marand — 28 June 1981 in Tehran) was an Iranian civil engineer and the cabinet minister of transportation in the government of Abolhassan Banisadr. He was the elder brother of Isa Kalantari.
Kalantari was killed in a terrorist attack on 28 June 1981, when a bomb exploded during a political party conference (Hafte tir bombing) with 73 other attendees.
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Who was Musa Kalantari?
Iranian politician
When was Musa Kalantari born?
Musa Kalantari was born in 1948 in Marand.
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Musa Kalantari died in 1981 in Tehran.
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Musa Kalantari was a politician.
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Musa Kalantari was Iranian.
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