Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Opposition Leader In Iran, Is Also The Man Who Organized The Bombing Of The U.S. Marine Barrabcks In Beirut 1983

U.S. Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing

Mousavi, Celebrated In Iranian Protests, Was The Butcher of Beirut -- The CQ Politics

He may yet turn out to be the avatar of Iranian democracy, but three decades ago Mir-Hossein Mousavi was waging a terrorist war on the United States that included bloody attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.

Mousavi, prime minister for most of the 1980s, personally selected his point man for the Beirut terror campaign, Ali Akbar Mohtashemi-pur, and dispatched him to Damascus as Iran's ambassador, according to former CIA and military officials.

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My Comment: There is a lot of blood on this man's hand .... much of it being American. The Israelis are right .... even if he comes to power there will be no change in Iranian foreign or nuclear policies.