The Paris Hit: Anis al-Naqqash and the Assassination That Failed
July 18, 1980. A quiet building in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Three men posing as journalists walk into the lobby. Minutes later, a young police officer is bleeding out, another is dead, and a 45-year-old woman has been executed in her own apartment.
The intended target—the last prime minister of the Shah of Iran—survives. Two French citizens do not.
This is the story of Anis al-Naqqash, the Lebanese militant who once stood beside Carlos the Jackal, received orders linked to Tehran, and carried out one of the most brazen acts of state-backed terrorism on French soil.
Host Alexander Lawson…
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