How the Family of Iran’s Most Feared Agent Ended Up in California

For the international community, the Emami case serves as a landmark study in state-sponsored extrajudicial killings. It remains one of the few times a Middle Eastern intelligence agency has officially admitted to murdering its own citizens on home soil. The case provided a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Islamic Republic's security apparatus and the fierce power struggles between reformists and hardliners that defined the late 1990s. The fact that his family now resides in the West is a footnote that adds a layer of modern complexity to a story that began with revolutionary fervor and ended in a prison bathroom.