Masood Masjoody is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout – Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (Mandatory Credit)
By The Canadian Press
Mar 16, 2026 | 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER — Two people accused of killing a vocal Iran critic in British Columbia are set to appear in a Vancouver courtroom this morning.
Court records show 48-year-old Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi of Maple Ridge and 45-year-old Arezou Soltani of North Vancouver are scheduled for a hearing to fix a date for a future appearance.
Razavi and Soltani have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Masood Masjoody, a mathematician who was an instructor for a time at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.
Homicide investigators have said Masjoody was last seen in February, and his remains were found in Mission, B.C., on March 6.