Tondar
Encyclopedia
Tondar is an organization of Iranian
expatriates based in Los Angeles
. In 2010, Iran accused the organization of planning terror attacks within its territory. The group runs pro-Iranian opposition radio and television stations and has called for the overthrowing of the Iranian Islamic regime.
Tondar, a name which means 'thunder' in Persian
, is not on the US terrorist organization list. The group members have denied that the group is a terrorist organization and denied involvement with the attacks in Iran.
Iran analysts said Iran may be pointing the finger at Tondar because it prefers to "blame the internal dissent and tumult on outside forces".
On January, 2010, Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador to Iran, who is representing the interests of United States in Iran, demanding the extradition of individuals associated with Tondar, whom Iran believes are behind the assassination of Masoud Alimohammadi
, a nuclear physics professor in Tehran.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
expatriates based in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. In 2010, Iran accused the organization of planning terror attacks within its territory. The group runs pro-Iranian opposition radio and television stations and has called for the overthrowing of the Iranian Islamic regime.
Tondar, a name which means 'thunder' in Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, is not on the US terrorist organization list. The group members have denied that the group is a terrorist organization and denied involvement with the attacks in Iran.
Iran analysts said Iran may be pointing the finger at Tondar because it prefers to "blame the internal dissent and tumult on outside forces".
On January, 2010, Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador to Iran, who is representing the interests of United States in Iran, demanding the extradition of individuals associated with Tondar, whom Iran believes are behind the assassination of Masoud Alimohammadi
Masoud Alimohammadi
Masoud Alimohammadi was an Iranian quantum field theorist and elementary-particle physicist and a distinguished professor of elementary particle physics at Department of Physics of University of Tehran...
, a nuclear physics professor in Tehran.