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Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed in Tehran Blasts

   VOA News 29 November 2010
   This photo released by Fars News Agency is claimed by them to show one
   of  the  damaged  cars  following  bomb attacks on the vehicles of two
   nuclear scientists in Tehran, Iran, 29 Nov 2010

Photo: AP

   This photo released by Fars News Agency is claimed by them to show one
   of  the  damaged  cars  following  bomb attacks on the vehicles of two
   nuclear scientists in Tehran, Iran, 29 Nov 2010

   Iran  says  two  separate  bomb  attacks  in the capital, Tehran, have
   killed a prominent nuclear scientist and wounded another.
   Iran's  Foreign  Ministry  quickly condemned the attack and blamed the
   bombings on U.S. and Israeli spy agencies.
   Iranian state media say attackers on motorcycles attached bombs to the
   scientists'  cars  early  Monday  as they were on their way to work at
   Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran.

     [David Kay, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Discusses Possible
                                                                Motives:]

   One of the blasts killed Iranian nuclear scientist Majid Shahriari and
   wounded  his  wife,  who  was  in  the car with him.  The other blast
   hospitalized  nuclear  physicist Fereidoun Abbasi and also wounded his
   wife. Â
   Attackers have killed at least two other Iranian nuclear scientists in
   recent years.
   Western nations accuse Iran of pursuing nuclear technology in order to
   make nuclear weapons - a charge Tehran denies.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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