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Who’s killing Iranian nuclear scientists?
January 11, 2012 · 6 Comments
Nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was killed by a blast in Tehran on Wednesday, the state-run IRNA news agency said.
(CNN) — It’s a question many people inside Iran — and those who watch the country closely around the world — were asking Wednesday: Who is killing nuclear scientists in Iran?
An explosion on Wednesday killed Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a top official at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, Iranian officials said.
He is the third man identified as a nuclear scientist to be killed in Iran in a mysterious explosion in the past two years. A fourth survived an assassination attempt.
In each case, someone placed a bomb under the scientist’s car.
Iranian officials, on state-run media, blame Israel and the United States.
“I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of act of violence inside Iran,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday.
“We believe there has to be an understanding between Iran, its neighbors and the international community that finds a way forward for it to end its provocative behavior, end its search for nuclear weapons and rejoin the international community and be a productive member of it,” she said.
While Israel generally refuses to comment on accusations and speculation , Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, said on his Facebook page Wednesday, “I have no idea who targeted the Iranian scientist but I certainly don’t shed a tear.”
Mickey Segal, a former director of the Iranian department in the Israel Defense Forces’ Intelligence Branch, told Israel Army Radio that Wednesday’s attack was part of broader pressure being brought to bear on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime. “Many bad things have been happening to Iran in the recent period. Iran is in a situation where pressure on it is mounting, and the latest assassination joins the pressure that the Iranian regime is facing,” Segal said.
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By Mo Guled
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Israelis are killing them who else. The Israelis are killers. They do not want people to have what they have whether be technology, medicine or education. Never get involved with Israelis and thats why it is the most isolated country in the world. They have few Western friends— and the West is declining powers, so who will protect them later?
I can foresee them getting expelled from the region again. Ever since they were expeled, the Middle East has been peaceful.
The rhetorical question in the headline bemused me . Of course, everyone knows who is behind all these assassinations. Since this is a CNN story, ask Wolf Blitzer, a former head of AIPAC and now an anchorman for CNN bureau in Washington, D.C.
No doubt, Israel with the blessings of the United States. Who are they kidding?
When Israeli generals say they are responsible for these murders, it not enough for you as a claim?? Hope that the Iranians are going to strike back, the law of retaliation, the Israeli practice, they should accept the Iranian retaliation. Of course, if it happens, the Israelis will come whining they know so well ….
Does the IAEA inspectors transmit the names of Iranian scientists to "services" then remove them by placing bombs on cars??
No, the inspectors placing themselves the bombs. This piece of a global conspiracy, to also be careful you are listening.
Whoever is responsible this is serious business.
Cheers.