Reza Mazlouman

Reza Mazlouman, also known by the alias Kourosh Aryamanesh, a member of the Derafsh Kaviani organisation, was killed by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran near Paris. On the evening of 27 May 1996, Dr. Reza Mazlouman, a married professor of criminal sciences and criminology, was hosting a French woman at his apartment. During this time, two men unexpectedly arrived at his door. One of them was identified as Ahmad Jihouni, who had business in Germany and had been in contact with Reza Mazlouman for three years, visiting him once or twice a year. According to the French woman who was present that day, when the two men knocked unexpectedly, Reza Mazlouman did not allow them entry and arranged for them to return in half an hour. The French woman left before their return.
following day, Reza Mazlouman's body was discovered by the same French woman, who then informed the police. The assailants had shot him twice at close range in the head and chest. Among Reza Mazlouman's belongings, police found letters from Ahmad Jihouni, and with the help of the French woman who had seen him, they were able to identify Jihouni. At the request of French police, German authorities arrested Jihouni. He eventually confessed to visiting Reza Mazlouman on that day and was extradited to France for trial. Five years after the crime, he was tried in France and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.