Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh, a 13-year-old Iranian boy who blew himself up beneath an Iraqi tank in 1980, became the Middle East’s first modern suicide bomber. He also became an icon of martyrdom whose legacy still shapes Iran’s strategic culture and reminds us of the grave dangers of provoking Tehran into full-scale war.
A brief overview of the LTTE's use of suicide bombings during the bloody civil war that plagued Sri Lanka for decades.
Last week AOAV met with Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Ashrafi, the Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council, in Lahore. Ashrafi spoke about his opposition to suicide bombings and IED attacks in Pakistan.
In 'Anatomy of a Suicide Bombing,' AOAV explores what followed after an attack on the Moon Market in Lahore in December 2009.
Action on Armed Violence has produced an anti-suicide bomb video to accompany its new research on the disturbing long-term impacts of improvised explosive weapons in Pakistan.