Marchers in Tehran Condemn Assassination of Scientist

A large group of Iranian students marched in the streets of Tehran today to condemn recent assassination of the country’s nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan.

The students held a rally at Amirkabir University of Technology in central Tehran, chanting “Death of America” and “Death to Israel,” then marched towards the supreme leader’s beit (office/home complex) to express condolences. They did not march toward the British and other European embassies, as they had said earlier that they would, apparently after the government refused permission fearing the repeat of an attack on a foreign embassy.

Tehran has condemned Israel’s Mossad as well as the CIA and the MI6 for the assassination of the nuclear scientist.

Iran has also blamed IAEA for leaking Mr. Ahmadi Roshan’s identity to the foreign intelligence agencies. The nuclear scientist had reportedly met IAEA inspectors recently.

Photo: Marchers in Tehran. 14 January 2012. IRNA

Iran Nuclear Expert Assassinated - Photos

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The late Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan

The body of Ahmadi Roshan inside the bombed vehicle

Scenes at the site of the attack

Photos: IRNA

Iran Nuclear Expert Assassinated

Bomb Kills Official of Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility

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Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a nuclear expert and a director at Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility was assassinated in Tehran when two assailants attached a magnetic bomb to the car he was riding on.

The attack occurred at 8:20 a.m. local time on Wednesday while he was driving on Shahid Golnabi Avenue. The two assailants were riding on a motorbike when they approached his car. Fars reported that they threw a bomb into the vehicle. But most reports indicate that the assailants attached a magnetic bomb to his Peugeot 405. The attack bore a strong resemblance to earlier killings of scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program (it was the fifth attack on nuclear experts in two years).

Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said Israeli agents were behind the attack. He added that the Israelis cannot “prevent progress in Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.” [Fars News Agency, 11 January].

The late Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was a chemical expert and worked as a director at Natanz. Fars News Agency reported that he was an authority in polymer filtration process, where the Hexafloride Uranium gas is filtered to remove Uranium 238 in order to extract the “enriched” Uranium 235.