Ronald A. Edmonds Edmonds joined the Associated Press in Washington in 1981 and worked there until 2009, when he retired as the AP's Senior White House Photographer. He was one of the early pioneers of the use of digital cameras in news photography, including using an experimental electronic camera to transmit to newspapers around the world the first photos of President George H.W. Bush's inauguration, forty seconds after he put his hand down after being sworn in. In 1981 Edmonds was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in spot news photography for his coverage of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life on March
Assassination attempt on Ali Khamenei Assassination attempt on Ali Khamenei An assassination attempt on Ali Khamenei occurred on 27 June 1981. When he gave the speech for prayers at the Aboozar Mosque, a bomb in the tape recorder placed in front of him exploded and his arm, vocal cords and lungs were seriously injured. In the early 1980s, Mojahedin-e Khalq attempted to assassinate more than 70 of Iran’s clerics and politicians. After Abolhassan Banisadr was deposed and then joined People's Mujahedin of Iran, the American assassination plan named 'Phoenix' was implemented in Iran with the help of their Iranian agents. Assassinations and commotions on the