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Contemporary era · 1978

Cinema Rex fire

The Cinema Rex fire (Persian: آتش‌سوزی سینما رکس آبادان, lit. 'Rex Abadan cinema fire') occurred on 19 August 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze, killing between 377 and 470 people. The event started when four individuals, who were militants motivated by Islamic extremism, doused the building with airplane fuel before setting it alight.

Cinema Rex fire
Cinema Rex fire · IRNA (formerly Pars News Agency), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
19 Aug 1978
Where
Abadan
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Iran9,000 BCE – todayPahlavi Iran1882 – 1979

Before and after

Chadian–Libyan War1978 – 1987Coastal road massacre1978Show on timeline

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