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Iran arrests suspects in murders of nuclear scientists

The three spy agencies of Mossad, CIA and MI6 had a role in the (attacks) and, with the arrest of these people, we will find new clues to arrest other elements,” Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi was quoted as saying on state television’s website…….

Iran makes arrests over nuclear scientist killing, Google hosted news, (AFP)  3 Dec 10, TEHRAN — Iran said on Thursday it has arrested “some elements” working with Western spy agencies and connected to the murder of a senior nuclear scientist, amid claims Tehran’s scientists were the targets of “terrorists.””

The three spy agencies of Mossad, CIA and MI6 had a role in the (attacks) and, with the arrest of these people, we will find new clues to arrest other elements,” Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi was quoted as saying on state television’s website…….

On Monday, unidentified assailants attached bombs to the cars of two prominent scientists in Iran’s nuclear programme.

Twin blasts killed one, Majid Shahriari, and wounded the other, Fereydoon Abbasi Davani. Three other people were also wounded.

Iran immediately blamed the attacks on the intelligence services of the United States and Israel, which suspect Tehran’s nuclear ambitions harbour a military dimension. The Islamic republic denies the charge…..

In January, another Iranian nuclear scientist, Masoud Ali Mohammadi, was killed in a bomb attack Tehran blamed on “mercenaries” in the pay of Israel and the United States.

Meanwhile, Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, charged that UN Security Council members were to blame for the attacks on scientists by publishing the names of physicists involved in Iran’s nuclear programme in sanctions resolutions.

AFP: Iran makes arrests over nuclear scientist killing

December 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties