B.C. RCMP charges two with murder in death of Iranian man critical of Tehran

The body of Iranian activist Masood Masjoody has been discovered in Mission, B.C., leading to the arrest of two suspects, Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi, 48, and Arezou Soltani, 45, both charged with first-degree murder. Masjoody, a vocal critic of Iran’s regime and a math instructor at Simon Fraser University, went missing in February. Investigators are probing the connection between his activism and his murder, while appealing for information from his family and friends.

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