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Iran blaming US and Israel for death of nuclear scientist

I wrote immediately that Darioush Rezaie was a nuclear scientist, even though the sources from which I got the story seemed to be in doubt. This ought to be all the proof we need that Rezaie was a nuclear scientist: Iran is blaming the US and Israel for his death.

Darioush Rezaie, 35, a university lecturer with a physics doctorate, was shot dead by a motorcyclist in Tehran on Saturday. The student news agency ISNA quoted an unnamed police official as saying Rezaie was a nuclear scientist but Deputy Interior Minister Safarali Baratlou said this was not certain.

"The terrorist US-Israeli action yesterday, which targeted one of the country's scientific elites, is another example of the level of the US animosity (against Iran), said parliament speaker Ali Larijani in a speech to the legislative body.

Iran's security apparatus is investigating the assassination, but no arrests have been reported.

Larijani also blamed "American adventurism" for the deaths on Friday of a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards corps and five others in a landmine explosion on a road.

"The Americans who regard such measures in their so-called world management as permissible should think well about the consequences," Larijani said.

There has been no claim of responsibility for Rezaie's killing.

Hmmm.

Labels: Darioush Rezaie, Iranian nuclear program, Mossad

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:50 AM