Parliament Speaker Blasts Assassination of Iranian Scientist http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005020633

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani strongly condemned the yesterday assassination of a young Iranian scientist, and stressed that the killing indicates the US and Israel's animosity towards Iran.

On November 29, 2010, two other Iranian academics became the target of terrorist attacks. Unidentified terrorists detonated bombs in the vehicles of Dr. Majid Shahriari and Professor Fereidoon Abbasi in separate locations in Tehran. Shahriari was killed immediately but Abbasi and his wife sustained injuries. On December 2, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced that Mossad, CIA and MI6 spy agencies played a role in those attacks.

Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated in Tehran http://www.setyoufreenews.co.uk/iranian-nuclear-scientist-assassinated-in-tehran/

A physics professor involved in Iran’s nuclear program was assassinated by gunmen outside his home in Tehran.Daryoush Rezai, who was identified as the victim by the ISNA news agency, was shot by unknown gunmen on Saturday in front of his house on Bani Hashem Street in the Iranian capital. The gunmen also injured his wife during the attack.According to the Iranian Mehr news agency, Rezai studied nuclear engineering at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University and did research for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

He is the third nuclear physicist to be killed in Iran in the last two years. Last November a top nuclear physicist was assassinated and another survived an attempt on his life.Iran blames Israel and the US for the attacks on its nuclear scientists. The US accuses Iran of using its nuclear program as a cover-up to build atomic weapons, as enriched uranium can be used both for bombs and as an alternative energy source. The allegation has been repeatedly denied by Tehran.