The CSPPA ("Comité de solidarité avec les prisonniers politiques arabes et du Proche-Orient") remained a mystery group at the time. A French defector claimed that the attacks were indirectly sponsored by Iran, Syria and Libya, which each had strained relations with the French state. One of the prisoner demands was Anis Naccache, who was convicted of attempting to assassinate former pre-Revolution Iran premier Shapur Bakhtiar. Armenian militants and Lebanese far-left militants were also thought to be involved. The CSPPA acronym was also used before by an Armenian group supporting prisoners of ASALA and Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG), led by Jean-Marc Toranian.