March 12, 1971: 50 years ago, Mar 12 1971, Mahmoud Mahmoudpour, a native of Iran, set [...]

50 years ago, Mar 12 1971, Mahmoud Mahmoudpour, a native of Iran, set himself on fire in front of the Iranian Consulate. While he did not give an explicit reason, the consulate had been a site of protest against the brutal American-backed regime of Shah Pahlavi for years

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