Mousa Kalantari (; 1949 in Marand — 28 June 1981 in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

) was the cabinet minister of transportation in the government of Abolhassan Banisadr. He was the elder brother of

Isa Kalantari Isa Kalantari (, born 1952 in Marand, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian politician and former vice president, former head of Urmia Lake Restoration Program, and the former head of Department of Environment (Iran), Department of Environment, serving f ...

. Kalantari was killed in a terrorist attack on 28 June 1981, when a bomb exploded during a political party conference (

Hafte tir bombing On 28 June 1981 (7 Tir 1360 in the Iranian calendar; , ), a powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) in Tehran, while a meeting of party leaders was in progress. Seventy-four leading officials of the Isla ...

) with 73 other attendees.

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