Posted on 07/23/2011 9:18:59 AM PDT by csvset
An Iranian nuclear scientist has been shot dead outside his home in Tehran, Iranian media sources say.
The Isna news agency named him as Daryoush Rezaei, 35, adding that his wife was wounded. His identity has not been officially confirmed.
In 2010, nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by a remote-controlled bomb in Tehran.
Iran blamed that attack on Israeli secret service Mossad.
Israel has long warned about Iran's nuclear programme.
Some reports said the latest attack involved assailants on a motorcycle, but this has not been confirmed.
Isna said that Mr Rezaei was an expert with links to the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran.
'New provocation'
The US, Israel and many Western nations have opposed Iran's atomic programme, fearing it may be a front to creating a nuclear bomb.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is for purely peaceful purposes. This week, Iran said it was installing newer and faster centrifuges at its nuclear plants, with the goal of speeding up its uranium enrichment process.
Enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear purposes, but also to build atomic bombs. The French government condemned the move as a "new provocation".
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Dead Iranian nuclear scientist ping.
This will spoil Omoslem’s ramadan.
Amazing!
If they can’t get the rascals all together, then they’ll knock ‘em off one at a time.
Maybe the Isreali’s still have a chance to save millions of their citizens... I hope it is not too late.
I’m surprised they don’t have their top scientists and engineers isolated in an atomic city, like Los Alamos, off limits to outsiders, but with comfortable arrangements for the scientists and their families.
They’ll make things right by arresting a handful of gays, accusing them of working with Israel, and hanging them.
It also makes it hard to hire new nuclear scientists for the project. Getting life insurance must really be a challenge.
Good point.
Just goes to show you that nuclear power is dangerous ! /s
Mossad?..no..Massoud...oops..sorry..
And if they can’t save their citizens, they will take millions of mooslims with them.
And the world will have peace for awhile.
That would really be a target-rich environment. Bunch them all together — easier to do away with them.
Good job Mosaad
Keep it up.
CIA could pull this off, but not given the present leadership and climate in the USA.
I would give long odds it was the Israeli’s - and good for them.
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They probably do. For all we know these are actually opponents of the regime being murdered and then used for propaganda purposes. “See? The big bad Mossad [or CIA] is interfering with our peaceful nuclear power program! Boo hoo hoo!”
Naughty Mossad agents - no working on the Sabbath! ;^)
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