Massacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran

Massacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran
The building of the Russian Embassy in Tehran
LocationTehran, Qajar Iran
DateJanuary 30, 1829
TargetMembers of the Russian Embassy
Armenian refugees
Deaths54
PerpetratorsPersian Mujahideen, Employees of the British mission in Iran

Massacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran, in Russian historiography Tehran Tragedy of 1829 was a mass murder of members of the Russian embassy and the Armenian refugees they sheltered. Subsequently, the Mujahideen killed almost the entire Russian embassy. Among the victims was also the head of the diplomatic mission and part-time famous Russian writer Alexander Griboyedov.

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