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![Iranian intelligence officer who served at Tehran’s embassy in Bonn; German authorities said he “likely had a leading role” in the 1992 killing of Iranian-Kurdish opposition leaders in Berlin. Farrokhzad’s associates say the artist met with Gholami to discuss returning to Iran; appears to be the same man who allegedly “threatened to kill [Farrokhzad] if he would not collaborate with the regime.” Gholami also met with Bonn-based Iranian exile Ahmad Jayhooni, who was later convicted in Paris of complicity in the 1996 murder of Iranian opposition figure Reza Mazluman.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-d57a-08d99f9676fb_cx0_cy14_cw0_w100_r1.png)
![Iranian intelligence officer who served at Tehran’s embassy in Bonn; German authorities said he “likely had a leading role” in the 1992 killing of Iranian-Kurdish opposition leaders in Berlin. Farrokhzad’s associates say the artist met with Gholami to discuss returning to Iran; appears to be the same man who allegedly “threatened to kill [Farrokhzad] if he would not collaborate with the regime.” Gholami also met with Bonn-based Iranian exile Ahmad Jayhooni, who was later convicted in Paris of complicity in the 1996 murder of Iranian opposition figure Reza Mazluman.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-d57a-08d99f9676fb_cx0_cy14_cw0_w33_r1.png)
