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Efat Ghazi (Persian: عفت قاضی; 2 November 1935 – 6 September 1990) was a Kurdish refugee from Iran who was killed by a letter bomb in Västerås, Sweden, in 1990. Efat Ghazi was born in a Kurdish family in Iranian Kurdistan. Her father, Qazi Muhammad, was president of the short-lived Republic of Mahabad, which was proclaimed in Iranian Kurdistan in 1946. After studying law in Iran, Ghazi worked as a teacher, a profession she continued in Sweden where she later arrived as a refugee. She gained habitual residence in 1985 but never had Swedish citizenship. In Sweden, she reunited with her husband, Emir Ghazi, with whom she had two daughters. Emir Ghazi was a former member of the politburo of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDK-I) and later leader of the . Efat Ghazi was not politically

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  • Efat Ghazi (Persian: عفت قاضی; 2 November 1935 – 6 September 1990) was a Kurdish refugee from Iran who was killed by a letter bomb in Västerås, Sweden, in 1990. Efat Ghazi was born in a Kurdish family in Iranian Kurdistan. Her father, Qazi Muhammad, was president of the short-lived Republic of Mahabad, which was proclaimed in Iranian Kurdistan in 1946. After studying law in Iran, Ghazi worked as a teacher, a profession she continued in Sweden where she later arrived as a refugee. She gained habitual residence in 1985 but never had Swedish citizenship. In Sweden, she reunited with her husband, Emir Ghazi, with whom she had two daughters. Emir Ghazi was a former member of the politburo of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDK-I) and later leader of the . Efat Ghazi was not politically active. On 6 September 1990, at about 12:45 p.m., Ghazi was seriously wounded after opening a letter bomb outside her family's house in Västerås. She was taken to a hospital where she died from her wounds three hours later. From the letter remainders which the police collected from the crime scene, it was confirmed that the letter bomb was addressed to her husband. The Iranian government was quickly suspected by many of having ordered the assassination, which had many similarities to other assassinations and assassination attempts of Iranian political exiles around the world at this time. However, a few years after the assassination, the Swedish police closed the investigation citing lack of evidence. Thousands of people showed up at the funeral in Västerås, many of them from abroad. Among the speakers at the funeral was C.-H. Hermansson, former leader of the Swedish Left Party. (en)
  • Efat Ghazi (persiska: عفت قاضی), född 2 november 1935, död 6 september 1990 i Västerås, var en svensk kvinna av iranskt-kurdiskt ursprung som dödades i ett bombattentat i Sverige 1990. Efat Ghazi föddes i en kurdisk familj i norra Iran. Hennes far, Qazi Muhammad, var president i den kurdiska Mahabadrepubliken som utropades i iranska Kurdistan 1946. Efter juridikstudier i Iran arbetade Efat Ghazi som lärare, ett yrke hon fortsatte med i Sverige dit hon senare kom som flykting. Hon fick uppehållstillstånd i Sverige 1985. I Sverige återförenades hon också med sin make med vilken hon hade två döttrar. Maken, Emir Ghazi, var tidigare ledamot av politbyrån i (PDK-I) och senare ledare för det nybildade , vars verksamhet han fortsatte att driva aktivt från Sverige. Efat Ghazi själv var inte politiskt aktiv. Den 6 september 1990 klockan 12.45 skadades Efat Ghazi allvarligt sedan hon öppnat en brevbomb utanför familjens radhus i Västerås. Hon fördes till sjukhus där hon avled av skadorna knappt tre timmar senare. Av de pappersrester som hittades vid attentatsplatsen framgick att brevet inte alls var avsett för henne utan för hennes make. Irans regering utpekades snabbt som skyldigt till attentatet, som hade många likheter med andra mord och mordförsök på iranska oppositionella i exil under den här tiden. Några år efter attentatet beslutade dock den svenska polisen att lägga ned utredningen på grund av brist på bevis. Cirka 1000 personer, varav många från utlandet, deltog i begravningståget vid Efat Ghazis begravning i Västerås. Bland talarna fanns bland andra den tidigare partiledaren för Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna C.-H. Hermansson. (sv)
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  • Efat Ghazi (Persian: عفت قاضی; 2 November 1935 – 6 September 1990) was a Kurdish refugee from Iran who was killed by a letter bomb in Västerås, Sweden, in 1990. Efat Ghazi was born in a Kurdish family in Iranian Kurdistan. Her father, Qazi Muhammad, was president of the short-lived Republic of Mahabad, which was proclaimed in Iranian Kurdistan in 1946. After studying law in Iran, Ghazi worked as a teacher, a profession she continued in Sweden where she later arrived as a refugee. She gained habitual residence in 1985 but never had Swedish citizenship. In Sweden, she reunited with her husband, Emir Ghazi, with whom she had two daughters. Emir Ghazi was a former member of the politburo of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDK-I) and later leader of the . Efat Ghazi was not politically (en)
  • Efat Ghazi (persiska: عفت قاضی), född 2 november 1935, död 6 september 1990 i Västerås, var en svensk kvinna av iranskt-kurdiskt ursprung som dödades i ett bombattentat i Sverige 1990. Efat Ghazi föddes i en kurdisk familj i norra Iran. Hennes far, Qazi Muhammad, var president i den kurdiska Mahabadrepubliken som utropades i iranska Kurdistan 1946. Efter juridikstudier i Iran arbetade Efat Ghazi som lärare, ett yrke hon fortsatte med i Sverige dit hon senare kom som flykting. Hon fick uppehållstillstånd i Sverige 1985. I Sverige återförenades hon också med sin make med vilken hon hade två döttrar. Maken, Emir Ghazi, var tidigare ledamot av politbyrån i (PDK-I) och senare ledare för det nybildade , vars verksamhet han fortsatte att driva aktivt från Sverige. Efat Ghazi själv var inte polit (sv)
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