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Bomb kills Iran nuclear physicist tied to Mousavi
2010-01-12
A nuclear physics professor who publicly backed Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in the disputed June presidential election was killed Tuesday when a remote-controlled bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up outside his home.

State media identified the victim as Masoud Ali Mohammadi, 50, a professor at Tehran University, which has been at the center of recent protests by student opposition supporters. Before the election, pro-reform Web sites published Ali Mohammadi's name among a list of 240 Tehran University teachers who supported Mousavi.
How do you say deviationist wrecker in Farsi?
"Infidel"
A spokesman for Iran's atomic agency, Ali Shirzadian, told The Associated Press that Ali Mohammadi had no link with the agency. "He was not involved in the country's nuclear program," Shirzadian said, adding that the professor was active only in the theoretical field at Tehran University.

Iran's Foreign Ministry accused Israel and the U.S. of involvement, according to the Web site of state TV.
Of course.
Posted by:ed

#5  

Dr Ali-Mohammadi was an Iranian representative to a Middle East wide nuclear co-operation programme run under the auspices of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.

The IAEA is the forum through which UN Security Council members are putting their demands to Iran to hand over the enriched uranium at the centre of the nuclear row.


So he had two strikes against him. He supported the protests and he worked with a group that was trying to get Iran to cooperate with their nuclear power. I say the Iranians killed him.

Who benefits from his death?
Posted by: crosspatch   2010-01-12 11:40  

#4  Well if you are going to get blamed, may as well neutralize those who "He was not are involved in the country's nuclear program,"
Posted by: tipper   2010-01-12 10:30  

#3  Iran's Foreign Ministry accused Israel and the U.S. of involvement

Well of course they did , usual mantra when something is their fault .
Posted by: Oscar   2010-01-12 10:17  

#2  1) Bomb kills Iran nuclear physicist tied to Mousavi

2) Iran's Foreign Ministry accused Israel and the U.S. of involvement

So the ayatollahs get to have their cake and eat it, too. If I were Prez, I'd be making their life miserable.
Posted by: gorb   2010-01-12 09:34  

#1  Iran's Foreign Ministry accused Israel and the U.S. of involvement

In all honesty, I've not seen any evidence that Washington and the current administration has done anything to PREVENT such an act.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-01-12 09:10  

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