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Many people in Abadan and elsewhere also do not believe the government's account about Abdolbaghi's death under the debris and say state officials helped him flee the country. Social media reports say Mo'ud Shamkhani was Abdolbaghi's trade partner and that Abdolbaghi's sister was married to a member of Shamkhani's family.