Overview
- Saree was gunned down outside his Tehran office on December 24, with a companion also killed and another person wounded, according to sources close to him and the National Resistance Front.
- National Resistance Front spokesman Ali Maisam Nazary alleged Taliban involvement in the assassination.
- The Taliban has not commented, and Iranian authorities have offered no public statement, as ex-officials and opposition groups urge Tehran to investigate.
- Saree previously led police forces in Baghlan and Takhar under President Ashraf Ghani and had advocated residency protections for former Afghan security personnel who fled to Iran after 2021.
- The killing follows the September shooting of commander Maruf Gholami in Mashhad, underscoring concerns for anti-Taliban exiles as Iran maintains working ties with the Taliban without formal recognition.