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Iranian nuke scientist shot to death – Israel News, Ynetnews.

Another assassination in Tehran: nuclear scientist shot to death by motorcyclist near his home in capital, Iranian media say; man’s wife apparently wounded in attack; victim identified as physics professor

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An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s student news agency ISNA reported without giving his name.

“An Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated in front of his house today … and his wife was also wounded,” it said. ISNA identified the victim as Darioush Rezaei, a 35-year-old physics professor involved in Iran’s nuclear program

Another Iranian website, Java Online, said the scientist was shot to death by a motorcyclist.

The semi-official Mehr news agency also identified the victim as a professor of physics and said he was assassinated in front of his house in Bani Hashem street in Tehran. The scientist reportedly worked in the Iranian atomic energy agency and lectured at a local university.

The wife of the scientist was wounded in the attack and rushed to hospital for treatment, Mehr reported, quoting a police official.

In January 2010, a nuclear scientist that may have taken part in the Ayatollah regime’s nuclear program was assassinated near his home. Professor Masoud Ali-Mohammadi was a lecturer in Tehran University and was killed in an explosion while going into his car in northern Tehran. An explosive device apparently planted in a nearby motorcycle is believed to have been activated by remote control.

Several Iranian nuclear scientists have been murdered in recent years in attacks that Iran has blamed on the US and Israel.

Reuters, AP and Dudi Cohen contributed to the story

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