In Washington D.C. in the summer of 1980, at the behest of Iranian intelligence, an African-American named David Belfield shot dead Ali Akbar Tabatabai, the former press attaché and representative of the Shah at the Iranian embassy. Tabatabai was thought to be involved in a plot to kill the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and topple the new regime.

American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan tells the story of this man -- known in Iran as Hassan Abdulrahman -- who remains on the FBI’s most wanted list. Exiled in Iran for the last 25 years, Hassan has become a sharp-eyed observer and first-hand witness to several of the events that have shaped relations between Islamic Iran and his native America. And through this story of an unrepentant assassin, another tale emerges: that of covert networks, international political manipulation, and state-sponsored violence.

Featuring interviews with Joseph Trento, an investigative journalist specializing in espionage, Gary Sick, who served on the National Security Council staff of President Carter, and the assassinated man’s twin brother, the film raises grave questions about the convergence between Iran 's conservative clerical rulers and their neo-conservative counterparts in Washington.

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