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Did the American government murder this Iranian nuke scientist???
Maybe American financed Israeli terrorists?
Iranian scientist involved in nuclear program killed in Tehran bomb attack By Thomas Erdbrink, Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 3:00 AM TEHRAN — An Iranian scientist involved in purchasing equipment for the Islamic republic’s main nuclear enrichment facility was assassinated Tuesday when a magnetic bomb attached to his car exploded in morning rush-hour traffic, Iranian media reported. Iran’s Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi blamed the attack on “Zionists” and “those who claim they are against terrorism,” not-so-veiled references to Israel and the United States, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Intelligence shows that Iran received foreign assistance to overcome key hurdles in acquiring technology that could lead to a nuclear weapon, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. (Editors’ note: An earlier headline on this photo gallery failed to reflect debate over whether Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon.) The killing bore strong resemblance to two 2010 attacks on nuclear scientists and came on the same day as a ceremony for the third anniversary of the killing of another professor, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, who also died in an explosion. Iranian authorities likewise blamed the United States and its allies for the previous killings of scientists, saying they were part of a covert program aimed at disrupting Iran’s nuclear research. Fars, which has close ties to the Revolutionary Guards corps that is tasked with protecting scientists, identified the slain professor as Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, 32, a chemical engineer. The agency confirmed reports that Ahmadi-Roshan was the assistant to the head of procurement at the Natanz enrichment facility. Reacting to the killing, members of Iran’s parliament shouted “death to America” and pumped their fists in the air in a show of defiance. Parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee is holding an emergency session to debate a response to the “terrorist act,” the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Several officials linked the assassination to parliamentary elections scheduled for March 2, saying the West is attempting to “provoke riots” ahead of the vote. “This was a magnetic bomb, like the ones used in previous assassinations,” Safar Ali Baratloo, Tehran’s deputy governor, told Fars. “It is the Zionists’ job. They want to reduce the turnout in the upcoming elections.” Fars said an assailant riding a motorcycle attached the bomb to Ahmadi-Roshan’s car. It also said the assassination had been caught on traffic control cameras. Another news Web site, Alef, said witnesses heard gunshots right before the explosion. Most Iranian scientists involved in the country’s controversial nuclear program are protected by the Revolutionary Guards corps. Security for scientists was ramped up following the November, 2010 attacks, in which one scientist, Majid Shahriari, was killed, and another, Fereydoon Abbasi, the current head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, was wounded. The site of Wednesday’s explosion, in the Pasdaran neighborhood of north Tehran, was cordoned off by nervous security forces, who stopped bystanders and searched their pockets and backpacks. There were no signs of broken windows. The exploded car, a locally made Peugeot 405, was quickly removed. Images of the aftermath showed the car being lifted on a truck, its rear windows covered by plastic sheets. Special correspondent Ramtin Rastin contributed to this article.
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