Iranian Nuclear Scientists Victim of Bomb Attack

By Marco T' Hoen
Epoch Times Staff
Nov 29, 2010 Last Updated: Nov 29, 2010 .

Two separate attacks in Tehran on Monday killed one nuclear scientist and injured another as well as both their wives. Men driving by on motorbikes attached bombs to the car windows of both scientists. The bombs exploded shortly after, officials told the press.

Majid Shahriari, working at the nuclear engineering department of Shahid Beheshti University, died and his wife was wounded. Nuclear physicist and professor at the same university Fereidoun Abbasi and his wife were wounded in the attack.

Both men are well-known scientists involved in nuclear research. Abbasi was connected with banned nuclear activities by the United Nations Security Council, and Shahriari was said to be designing a new generation of theoretical nuclear reactors, the Guardian reported.

Iran's nuclear program is highly disputed. Tehran claims it is strictly aimed at providing energy, while Western governments suspect Iran of developing nuclear weapons.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar publicly accused Western countries and Israel of being behind the attacks.

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