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Killing of Iranian nuclear scientist

Allegations fly over Iranian scientist’s assassinationTehran claims west was behind killing of nuclear physicist who was a supporter of Iranian  opposition Julian BorgerSaeed Kamali Dehghan guardian.co.uk, 12 January 2010 and “………He was a particle physicist and a supporter of the Iranian opposition movement, raising the possibility he had become the latest victim in a covert war over Iran‘s nuclear aspirations. It is a war in which scientists find themselves potential soft targets. Over the past three years, another nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, and a third vanished without trace while visiting Saudi Arabia last June. In the same period, a former deputy defence minister and general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also disappeared while on a visit to Istanbul.

The regime in Tehran has alleged the west is behind the disappearances, and was quick to blame the US and Israel for Mohammadi’s death……….

The killing comes at a critical time in long-running but largely unseen struggle between the west and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.

Allegations fly over Iranian scientist’s assassination | World news | The Guardian

January 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes