Saeed Emami (1958–1999) was the deputy minister of intelligence under Ali Fallahian, and adviser to the Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi. He was appointed as deputy minister in security affairs and the second person of intelligence ministry when he was 32 years old. He is also considered as the designer and leader of many internal and extraterritorial intelligence operations during 90s, especially in the case of western countries, Israel and anti-revolutionary units.
He was accused of having independently organized the assassinations of dissidents (known as the “chain murders”).Emami was born in Abadeh, near Shiraz. In 1978, he moved to the United States with the help of his uncle, Soltan Mohammad Etemad, to pursue his studies in mechanical engineering. Following the Iranian Revolution, he returned to Homeland and became involved in intelligence gathering. In 1984, when the Parliament approved the establishment of the Ministry of Intelligence , he joined the ministry and worked at the foreign directorate during Mohammad Reyshahri’s term.
