Iranian officials reported killed by lefists in Tehran

May 6, 1982

Leftist guerrillas killed five Iranian officials in a machine gun attack on a government building in Tehran, Iran's national news agency, IRNA, reported Wednesday. The radical People's Mujahideen said their gunmen had killed at least 20 officials inside the building. The attack followed raids by security forces on Mujahideen hideouts in Tehran in which at least 50 leading guerrillas of the organization were killed or arrested.