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Shafiq was assassinated in Paris on 7 December 1979, being shot twice in the head by agents of the
Islamic Republic on the Rue Pergolese, outside his mother's home. He was aged 34. The attack was carried out by a masked gunman. Ayatollah Khalkhali claimed that the assassination was carried out by one
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who chose military careers. Shafiq was the highest-ranking military officer in the
Pahlavi family. He worked in the navy of Iran from 1963 to 1979. He served as the commander of the Persian Gulf fleet of Hovercraft before the 1979 revolution.
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Additionally, Shafiq was the head of Judo and Karate federation of Iran during the reign of
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675:Political Murder: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism
234:His military career lasted from 1963 until the
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529:"Shah's nephew assassinated by 'death squad'"
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799:"Iranian situation is very unclear"
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644:"Secret police blamed for slaying"
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409:"Killer of Shah's Nephew Hunted"
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585:"Dialogue of Murder"
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