On this day in 1964, Reza Shamsabaadi, a conscripted soldier, attempted to assassinate the Shah of Iran. While the Shah was not harmed during this assassination attempt, two guards and Reza Shamsabaadi himself were killed. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Shamsabaadi was declared a “martyr.”
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