10-16-2021, 02:14 PM
The US [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] alleges that [[Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur]] (''Ayatollah Mohtashemi''), a member of the Iranian government, paid US$10 million for the bombing:
{{Quote|Ayatollah Mohtashemi: (...) and was the one who paid the same amount to bomb Pan Am Flight 103 in retaliation for the [[Iran Air Flight 655|US shoot-down of the Iranian Airbus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/FOIA/5%20USC%20%C2%A7%20552(A)(2)(D)%20Records/Other%20Available%20Records/panam103.pdf|title=PAN AM Flight 103|publisher=[[Defense Intelligence Agency]], DOI 910200, page 49/50 (Pages 7 and 8 in PDF document, see also p. 111ff)|access-date=12 January 2010}}</ref>}}
{{Quote|Ayatollah Mohtashemi: (...) and was the one who paid the same amount to bomb Pan Am Flight 103 in retaliation for the [[Iran Air Flight 655|US shoot-down of the Iranian Airbus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/FOIA/5%20USC%20%C2%A7%20552(A)(2)(D)%20Records/Other%20Available%20Records/panam103.pdf|title=PAN AM Flight 103|publisher=[[Defense Intelligence Agency]], DOI 910200, page 49/50 (Pages 7 and 8 in PDF document, see also p. 111ff)|access-date=12 January 2010}}</ref>}}