Saeed Emami

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Saeed Emami (also known as Saeed Eslami, Saeed Shamshiri and Mojtaba Ghavami), (?-1998) born in Shiraz, Iran as Daniyal Ghavami in a wealthy family of Jewish background,^[1][2] was the deputy minister of intelligence (under Ali Fallahian), and an intelligence officer under Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, who was charged with self-organized assassinations of dissidents.

Contents 1 Recruitment 2 Death in prison 3 See also 4 References 5 External link

[edit] Recruitment

He spent several years in the United States pursuing his studies in Mechanical Engineering and after the Iranian Revolution, he returned and became involved in intelligence gathering. In 1984, when the Majlis (parliament) approved the establishment of the Ministry of Intelligence, he officially applied for a job, but was rejected by Saeed Hajjarian. He later joined the ministry, and during the tenure of Ali Fallahian, became the deputy of the ministry.^[1]

[edit] Death in prison

After being charged of orchestrating Chained Murders of Iran, he committed suicide in prison by consuming a chemical depilatory while bathing.

[edit] See also

• Persian Jews
• Ministry of Intelligence of Iran
• Dariush Forouhar
• Ali Fallahian
• Chained Murders of Iran

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.iranterror.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=178&Itemid=26
2. ^ http://www.mihanam.com/Pages/Afshagary/page_1.htm

[edit] External link

• A Man Called Saeed Emami