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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIran car explosion 'kills nuclear scientist' in Tehran
A university lecturer and nuclear scientist has been killed in a car explosion in north Tehran, reports say.
Iranian media sources named the casualty as Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an academic who also worked at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.
The blast happened when a motorcyclist stuck a magnetic bomb on the car, said Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.
Several Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated in recent years, with Iran blaming Israel and the US.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16501566
SixthSense
(829 posts)this one was ours, wasn't it?
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)woolldog
(8,791 posts)out of a Bourne movie. Wow.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)this sort of targeted attack is preferable to bombing facilities... imo.
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DCBob
(24,689 posts)Long before any of this happened.
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