Siavash300

Here is a reference

I remember people were upset, and insisted to know who did it. After an intensive investigation, they arrested one person who confessed, but because of the unstable and revolutionary situation in the country, and pwer struggle, we did not hear what happened to him. Those days, grouhakhaye leftist, Islamist, and revolutionary were easily openning army baraks, and distributing weapons among the people to fight whoever they didn't like!

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Who did it? What a Joke question.

You see a child molester and time and again he his found guilty of molesting children. 

Then the molester comes out and is given a group of children to watch over, again a child is molested.

Is it smart to speculate that it could have been someone with zero history of such crimes?

After 33 years of experience at the hands of the IRI, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who's dNA and finger prints are all over Cinema Rex, ask the peole of Tehran, ask the people in Bagdad,

who they think did it and why?

The child molesting, rapist regimes leaders had a hand in it, No question.

I feel the comments posted regarding who did it should be kept on file, because some peoples answers, allegations and explanations give all of us true insight in to their thoughts and a good reflection of their character.

More than anything else, peoples answers to this demystified subject are a reflection on them at this point in Irans History.

It's not about

who have done it.

How about googling it.

There should be whole bunch to read about it pro or con and you can make your own conclusion.

sadly it happened over 30 yrs ago and nothing will change the outcome.

cinema Karoon in ahwaz had to pull out the Italian movie with zaoudi araya "Gonah karane jazireye behesht" and close the karoon for the fear of being next.
My personal opinion is done by mollahs.

Maziar

Maz

I like to have the solid evidence for the sake of knowing the truth. I don't want to behave like a low life illetrate Mullah and accuse anyone and everyone with bogus claims.

How come I don't remember Cinema Rex as well as Taj

I remember Cinema Taj. Going to movies on Fridays. But i don't remmeber Rex as well. did they show horror movies too? What neighborhood was Taj located and where was Rex?

agha Bruce

with a joke to add to your long comment.

An abadani jumps into a metro bus in vanak and drops his ticket in the box a few second later the guy ask for his ticket and he pull out the ABADAN va HOOMEH tickets from his pocket.

peder amoorzide south tehran and abadan is over 800 km apart.

And YES the mollahs did it GUARANTEED.

Maziar

Cinema Rex is our St. Valentine's day massacre

The film "Gavaznha" (the Deer) by Masoud Kimiaie starring Behrouz Vossoughi was playing at the Rex at the time of the fire. The Rex was in a south Tehran poorer district neighborhood. What we do know for sure was that the doors had been locked from the outside by someone. So it was no accident.

Given that Gavaznha was a somewhat controversial film that just barely passed the Shah's government censors, and was allowed to be shown, there could have been SAVAK elements behind the fire. At the time the poorer sections were beginning to rise up. Although how a cinema fire would send a warning message is beyond my imagination.

The conspiracy theories are that SAVAK wanted the fire to look like the Mollahs did it, and the other one is the Mollahs wanted it to look like SAVAK did it.

Both sides had motive, and both had the ability to do it, and no one has come forward admitting anything. So it is probably inconclusive and we may never know.

Again, why and how anyone could see that this act would offer them the slightest gain or advantage is beyond my ability.

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And the

crimes of IRR still is on every where with a different kind of fires.

the cinema rex fire was nothing compare to what all khuzestani and the rest of Iran would see for the next 8 yrs.

and some still wanting SOLID evidence so they can do what ?

Maziar

I was shocked when I heard it.

In Summer of 1978, I was in France. It was a hot and humid summer. I noticed some Iranian students with long beard, and girls with black Islamic dress arguing with other students against Shah, even though most of them were there on government scholarships. My brother called from Iran, and asked me to go see his son in England, who had just had a baby. He wanted me to see how they and the baby are doing. So I went to England.

As soon as I arrived there, my nephew told me about Cinema Rex.  He said the Shah and Savak have done it. I was shocked and sad to hear that, but my first response was, it does not make sense. Why does shah want to do something like that to agitate people against himself and his government? Before my trip, everything was quiet in Iran. My nephew was very upset, and did not change his mind. I was surprised to see so many Iranian students in England and France   politically charged and active against the Shah. 

When I returened to Iran, I noticed that the incidence of Cinema Rex, and propaganda that shah has ordered it, has upset people.   Gradually street demonstrations in the South of Tehran started, and later expanded. Although, the investigation showed Islamist agents were responsible for Cinema Rex fire, but under anger and  revolutionary fever, people could not think clearly, and within a few months, as we all know, the so called Revolution succeeded!

Maz

You might be totally right but unfortunately I have not seen a solid proof but speculation. It is reasonable to assume the Mullahs did this and believe me they are the only animals capable of such atrocities but still that that is not a proof.

REX

Agh Rostam khabi ya bidar ?

so many book and document was written about the 2 guys traveling from Isfahan and a jiyan coming from ghom to deliver them something like $ 500 to them so the guys (cann't remember the GAV) crosses shalamcheh to Iraq ...

Even saddam had them kept in mokhaberat jail asking the Iranian government for the extradition.

every time I see the cinema Rex picture it bring back memries of ordering sussis hendi(hot dog sandwich dipped in tabbasco sauce) and fanta tagari for 25 rials from bistro Rex befor going to movie yadesh bekheyr

and khodayeshan biyamorzad those 500 burned to their death.

Maziar

Just one fact

No one really investigated Cinema Rex fire throughly and no one exactly knows who to blame. I personally believe Shah never had the guts to do such a thing but I also don't have the proof he didn't. Do you have any new information that you can share with us?