Furthermore, a former senior Iranian intelligence defector told Radio Farda in an interview that Tehran deployed an Iranian emigre and acquaintance of the singer who was based in Los Angeles to murder Farrokhzad. The Iranian government denies any involvement in Farrokhzad's killing, suggesting it was committed by a male lover of Farrokhzad or Iranian opposition activists. The Radio Farda investigation gives an unprecedented look into Farrokhzad's personal, political, and professional struggles in the final years before his murder based on interviews with those close to him as well as excerpts from his home videos and diaries never seen by the public.
