Iranian N. Scientist Assassinated

Jan. 12, 2010

TEHRAN (FNA)-

Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi was assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack here in Tehran on Tuesday.

Superintendent of Tehran's Criminal Court Fakhreddin Jafarzade told FNA that initial investigations indicate the attack was carried out at 7:58 a.m. (0428 GMT).

He added that the bomb had been planted on a motorcycle outside Mohammadi's home in Tehran's northern neighborhood of Qeytariyeh.

"Investigations show that the bomb was triggered by a close-range remote control device," Jafarzade stated, adding that the blast caused instant death of the nuclear physics scientist, who was also a lecturer at the Tehran University.

The London-based armed opposition, the Kingdom Association, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Meantime, Spokesman of Iran's Health Ministry said that the blast also wounded 2 other individuals, although slightly.

In related remarks, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast, in a statement, condemned the attack and took the Zionist regime of Israel and US hirelings inside Iran responsible for the terrorist operation.

The spokesman described the attack as an inhumane behavior violating all international rules and norms.

University professor killed in bombing in Tehran: TV

·Dr. Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, professor of the Tehran University was killed by a bomb. ·Local ISNA news agency reported that the professor was a nuclear scientist. ·IRIB accused "the U.S. and Zionist (Israel) agents" of being involved in the terror attack.

    TEHRAN, Jan. 12, 2010 (Xinhua) --

A university professor was killed Tuesday in a bombing in Tehran, local English-language Press TV reported.

    According to the report, Dr. Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, professor of the Tehran University was killed by a remote control bomb attached to a motorbike.

    The explosion took place near the professor's home in Qeytariyeh neighborhood, in northern Tehran, Press TV said.

    Local ISNA news agency reported that the professor was a nuclear scientist.

    The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) said on its website that Mohammadi who was "a committed and revolutionary Tehran University professor" was killed in a "terrorist act by counter-revolutionary and arrogant powers' elements."

    IRIB also accused "the U.S. and Zionist (Israel) agents" of being involved in the terror attack.

    "By the bomb which the U.S. and Zionist agents had already placed near his house, two cars and a motorbike were severely damaged and the window glasses of the nearby houses broke," IRIB said.

    "The intelligence systems of the country are investigating the hidden dimensions of the incident and are tracing the Zionist agents involved in this terror attack," the report added without more elaboration.

    Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted an unnamed policeman as saying that the number of victims during the bomb blast was still uncertain.

Official: Iran sees traces of U.S., Israeli involvement in bomb attack

    TEHRAN, Jan. 12, 2010,  (Xinhua) --

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said Tuesday that there are traces of U.S. and Israeli involvement in Tehran's bomb attack on Tuesday, the state IRIB TV reported.

    "In the preliminary investigations there can be seen the traces of the triangular villainy of the U.S., Zionist regime and their agents in Iran's terror attack," Mehman-Parast was quoted as saying.

    Dr. Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, professor of the Tehran University was killed by a remote control bomb attached to a motorbike in Tehran on Tuesday morning.

    "Such terror acts and the apparent elimination of nuclear scientists in Iran cannot deter their scientific and technological processes," Mehman-Parast was quoted as saying.

    The scientific and technological developments in Iran "will be sped up and Iran's young and gifted generation will not allow the Iranians' scientific progress to be slackened," he added.

    Two cars, a motorbike and window glasses of the nearby houses were also damaged by the bomb, which the U.S. and Zionist agents had already placed near Ali-Mohammadi's house, IRIB said.

    According to the report, an investigation is underway to trace the Zionist agents involved in this terror attack.