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The Cinema Rex fire (Persian: آتشسوزی سینما رکس آبادان, lit. 'Rex Abadan cinema fire') happened on 19 August 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran was set ablaze, killing between 377 [1] and 470 people. [4]
Dec 14, 2019 · At 9 PM on August 19, 1978, four men entered the lobby of the Rex Cinema in Abadan after having been disappointed to find the nearby Soheila cinema closed.
TEHRAN -- Terrorists set fire to a crowded movie theater in the Iranian oil port city of Abadan Saturday night, killing at least 377 people in one of the worst disasters of its kind in history.
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Aug 19, 2017 · In 1953, Iran saw the coup d’état, which gave the Shah increased power to rule more firmly as a monarch, and, in 1978, it was the date of the tragic Cinema Rex fire, in which over 470...
Aug 19, 2017 · On 19th August 1978, Cinema Rex in the city of Abadan in the Khuzestan province in south west Iran, was set ablaze by fanatic followers of Ayatollah Khomeini. Despite all the terrorist attacks around the globe since that day, the fire at Cinema Rex still ranks amongst the top five worst terrorist attacks worldwide.
Sputnik looks back at the Cinema Rex fire and asks who did it and why? On August 19, 1978 the Cinema Rex in the port city of Abadan was packed with Iranian film fans enjoying the acclaimed movie Gavaznha (The Deers) when four men barred the exits and set fire to the building with gasoline.
On 19 August, in the southwestern city of Abadan, four arsonists barred the door of the Cinema Rex movie theatre and set it on fire. In what was the largest terrorist attack in history prior to the 11 September 2001 attacks, 422 people inside the theatre were burned to death.
