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<\/p>\nThe affidavit was filed in Masjoody\u2019s lawsuit against Soltani, Razavi, the foundation and others on Jan. 28.<\/p>\n
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Five days later, Masjoody was reported missing by his neighbours in Burnaby, B.C., and on March 6, his remains were discovered in Mission, B.C.<\/p>\n
Razavi and Soltani have now been charged with first-degree murder in his death, although police have not said how he died.<\/p>\n
Homicide investigators said when contacted days after the announcement of murder charges that police were initially unaware of the allegations contained in Fatemi\u2019s affidavit. <\/p>\n
The circumstances preceding the mathematician\u2019s death play out in a sprawling legal record that is a result of Masjoody\u2019s many lawsuits, that kept the courts so occupied that he was branded a \u201cvexatious litigant\u201d by a judge, castigated for wasting precious court resources. <\/p>\n
Masjoody was an outspoken critic of both Iran\u2019s Islamic regime and the royalist faction of the diaspora community, which supports the exiled former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who is now jockeying to lead the country should the Iranian administration topple as a result of U.S. and Israeli bombing campaigns. <\/p>\n
Pahlavi too was a target of legal action by Masjoody, who accused him of defamation. In an affidavit, Pahlavi denied even knowing Masjoody, and denied involvement in any harassment, defamation or \u201cconspiracy\u201d against him.<\/p>\n
Masjoody had launched several lawsuits in recent years, alleging he was the victim of harassment and defamation, and his eccentric legal antics saw him clash with former colleagues at Simon Fraser University, judges, lawyers, media and others in the anti-Iranian regime activist community, including Razavi and Soltani. <\/p>\n
The non-profit society, the Canadian Iranian Wakuppers Foundation, is registered to Soltani\u2019s home address in North Vancouver, a short drive from Park Royal just over the boundary with West Vancouver. <\/p>\n
A white Mercedes sedan sat parked outside the home during a recent visit, where no one answered the door.<\/p>\n
Uncollected mail protruded from the mailbox and a small, festive gift bag had been left outside the front door. <\/p>\n
Fatemi, a naturopathic doctor, also lives in North Vancouver high in the hills of the upper Lonsdale area, where a pre-revolution lion and sun flag drooped in the rain on a flagpole affixed to her home\u2019s garage. <\/p>\n
A man who answered the door said she wasn\u2019t home and that she did not want to speak about her affidavit. <\/p>\n
The foundation\u2019s constitution says it was incorporated for the purposes of \u201cidentifying and exposing the individuals, organizations and activities affiliated with the Islamic regime of Iran; who not only undermine democracy and violate human rights in Iran but also invade Canadian borders.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cSupporting people affected by the Islamic regime of Iran in Canada. Raising awareness about the influence and activities of individuals and organizations affiliated with the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which promotes radical Islamic theocracy and endangers democracy and human rights in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n
The foundation\u2019s documents, obtained by The Canadian Press, show it was formed in June 2023, but Fatemi\u2019s affidavit says she hasn\u2019t been involved in its day-to-day operations since late 2023. <\/p>\n
Masjoody had filed several lawsuits in B.C. prior to his death, and the foundation, Soltani and Razavi were among numerous defendants named in his multiple legal actions in recent years. <\/p>\n
Sgt. Freda Fong, spokeswoman for B.C.\u2019s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said police were aware of Masjoody\u2019s disputes with the suspects. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s on the public record that there are ongoing civil disputes as well as exchanges on social media platform involving the victim as well as the accused,\u201d Fong said on March 14 at a Surrey, B.C., news conference. \u201cWhether or not that forms a motive of the homicide, it is still under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fong said in an emailed statement that homicide investigators only became involved after he went missing, and before that \u201chad no knowledge of Mr. Masjoody or any alleged plot against him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we took over the case, over the course of our investigation, we came across an abundance of disputes including those over social media as well as the material in the civil claims,\u201d Fong said. <\/p>\n
Masjoody alleged in court documents that he had called police and opened multiple files with Burnaby and North Vancouver RCMP in connection with his lawsuits.<\/p>\n
Burnaby RCMP and North Vancouver RCMP did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n
Soltani and Razavi made a brief court appearance by video in Vancouver on March 16, and they\u2019re due back in court on March 25. <\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 22, 2026. <\/p>\n
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The affidavit was filed in Masjoody\u2019s lawsuit against Soltani, Razavi, the foundation and others on Jan. 28. Five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82,55],"class_list":["post-553158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}