Ahmad Beladi Behbahani ( ) is a refugee who claimed to be a former Iranian intelligence officer , responsible for organizing terrorism abroad . He is known for his claim in 2000 that the Iranian government planned and sanctioned the Lockerbie disaster , when Pan Am Flight 103 crashed on December 21 , 1988 , over the town of Lockerbie in Annandale , Scotland . He reportedly alleged that Iran carried out the act in response to the destruction of Iran Air Flight 655 on July 3 , 1988 . The claim was made while a refugee in Turkey . Behbahani claimed that he brought into Iran a group of Libyans who underwent 90 days of training to prepare them to carry out the bombing
Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655
Ahmad Behbahani