# Assassination of Mahmoud Afshartous

> 1953 killing of Iran's chief of police by the British MI6

**Wikidata**: [Q117212988](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117212988)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/assassination-of-mahmoud-afshartous


## References

1. [2020](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/20489-national-security-archive)
2. British Intelligence and Covert Action: Africa, Middle East and Europe Since 1945