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Iranian mathematician missing in Canada may have been targeted by Tehran, activists say

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Masood Masjoody. Photograph: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Police in Canada have concluded that a missing Iranian activist was most likely the victim of murder, prompting fears that his disappearance has the hallmarks of a transnational repression campaign targeting critics of Tehran.

Masood Masjoody, a mathematician critical of both Iran’s theocratic regime and the exiled family of the former shah, went missing in early February in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia.

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