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[Phys-l] Iranian Physicist Assassinated



Assassination
At 07:58 am, a _booby-trapped_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby_trap)
motorbike parked near his car exploded while he was leaving home in
_Gheytariyeh_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheytarieh) neighbourhood of northern
Tehran, for university._[19]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-nydailynews.com-18) _[20]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-19) The windows of residences around the
scientist's home were shattered by the force of remote controlled explosion, and it
has been reported that two other people had also been injured in the
blast._[19]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-nydailynews.com-18) _[21]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-20) _[22]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-21)
Initial reports of who has been behind the bombing were disputed. Iranian
state media accused _Israel_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel) and the
_US_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US) of responsibility, while the _US
State Department_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_State_Department) called
the allegation "absurd"._[23]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-22) _Ynetnews_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynetnews)
noted, that for the major Israeli news outlet, there is no known connection
between his participation in the _SESAME_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SESAME) , an international _synchrotron-radiation_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchrotron_radiation) facility located in Jordan, and the
assassination._[24]_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-23)
According to US intelligence sources Israel is running a secret war against Iran,
among techniques used are the killing of important persons in the Iranian
atomic energy program _[25]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-Sherwell-24) .
Another source found the assassination of "a 50-year-old researcher with no
prominent political voice, no published work with military relevance and
no declared links to Iran's nuclear program", as puzzling, although there
were comparisons with the disappearance of _Shahram Amiri_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahram_Amiri) in 2009 and the death of _Ardeshir Hosseinpour_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeshir_Hosseinpour) in 2007._[26]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-25)
Iran's English-language _Press TV_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_TV)
reported that a U.S. based pro-monarchist group, the _Kingdom Assembly of
Iran_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Assembly_of_Iran) (called the
Iran Royal Association by PressTV_[27]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-26) ) has claimed responsibility for the
bombing_[28]_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-27) a claim
which other sources say the Association has denied having made._[29]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-28)
On 25th Jan 2010, Iran summoned _Swiss_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss) ambassador to Iran, who is representing the interests of United States
in Iran, demanding the extradition of individuals associated with U.S. based
Tondar group, whom Iran believes are behind the bombing._[30]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi#cite_note-29)
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Alimohammadi)