Over the years, however, B.C. Supreme Court records show that Masood Masjoody’s activism turned to a kind of war on two fronts: against what he perceived to be covert Iranian involvement in SFU’s research facilities, and against a small circle of Pahlavists, among whom his accused killers Rozavi and Soltani situated themselves. Over the years, Pahlavi had changed, too, lately promoting a far larger role for himself in a post-Khomeinist Iran. His power would not be constrained in the manner of the British Crown, for instance. And there’s a distinctly nasty character at the sharper edges of Pahlavi’s network.