Episode
Storm Bird (1) | The Life and Assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar, Iran's Last Prime Minister
Ravkadeh Podcast
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2025-04-20
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It began with a phone call. On a summer afternoon in 1991, a police officer entered a house on the outskirts of Suresnes, Paris. There was no sign of Bakhtiar. The Shah's last Prime Minister, a man once wielding supreme power, had been unreachable for days. When they broke d Read more…It began with a phone call. On a summer afternoon in 1991, a police officer entered a house on the outskirts of Suresnes, Paris. There was no sign of Bakhtiar. The Shah's last Prime Minister, a man once wielding supreme power, had been unreachable for days. When they broke down the door, they discovered a horrifying scene: two bodies lying on the floor, one brutally slashed. The first was Bakhtiar himself; the other was his loyal aide, Soroush Katibeh. This gripping true crime narrative unravels the mystery of his murder. Close