 Iran in the early 1940s has been described as a "crossroads" for spies as it was strategically important.According to Burdett, an officer of the American Counterintelligence Corp told him that there was evidence that Schiavi was assassinated with arrangements by the Russians.During her trip to Iran, Russians had been in training there, and Schiavi came across important information the Russians did not want a journalist to know about.