ASSASSINATION

The way IR handled

The way IR handled Ali_mohammadi's funeral and family tells all who commited the murder.

read accts of his funeral by one of his friends. (FARSI)

//www.hammihannews.com/news/8527

We can just speculate from abroad: CIA, Mossad, MKO, Monarchist, etc. But his students, friends, family and coworkers who knew him personally know EXACTLY who did this.

What happens when your loved-one's murderer conducts his funeral?

//www.hammihannews.com/news/8527

FYI/Reza Pahlavi's Message Condemning Assassination (Jan 13th )

From his secretariat dating from Jan 13th:

Having long been an advocate of a campaign of civil disobedience as the most effective method of defiance against the clerical regime, I condemn the act of violence today, including all individuals and or groups that are in anyway associated with its perpetration. I deeply regret this and all recent loss of life in Iran, and once again appeal to our nation's law enforcement bodies to side with their compatriots in defense of their safety, security and honor.

Blinded by hate towards IR

It has become a habbit to blame everything on IR. 

This mob mentality serves the likes of Bagherzadeh who knows how to satisfy this mob's desire to channel their frustration and anger towards IR.

To the mind of these people, politic  is simply a platform which consists of `` The Good Guys `` and ``The Bad Guys``. There are no other interpretation for them and this is how they are able to make sense of whats happening around them

If something happens and its to their liking, It must have been done by the good guys , or IR has done it to deceive people.

If something happens and they don`t like it, then that has been carried out by IR.

There you have it, Politic being simplified!  No need to finish that `politic for dummies`  book that is keeping you awake at night! What a joke!

Dr. Bagher Zadeh is a closeted conspiracy theory believer. You can see how this ideology is hidden behind any thread he posts.  Putting circumstantial news feeds and rumours next to each other and drawing to conclusion that IR is the one that pulled the trigger on one of our best academics who was involved with IRGC for 20 years ( Mohsen Rezaie claims ) is ridiculous!

The Conspiracy theory :  He had to be put down because he was planning to travel aboard and he knew too much about sensitive projects!

WOW ... excellent freaking analysis and a good reason to put him down!  Lets start rounding up all of our scientists and give them a one way ticket to heaven when they decide to travel!

You forgot to mention that his studies were contradictory to the velayate faghih doctorine and he was organizing the student movement for a second round of `good guys against bad guys in a demolition derby!

Now that makes more sense, doesn`t it, Atleast you have a more believable reason to wack the guy .....   keep up the good work!

امروز در ک و ن آل یهود عروسیه

Is it not curious that the same narrative is being repeated in unison across cooperate media moments after the event?

If Mossad and CIA has the

If Mossad and CIA have  the resources and access to explosive so readily available in Iran, I think they would have loved to   assassinate a much bigger fish than this guy. I'm sure they have the names of all scientists who are directly involved in nuclear research and operation and why would they only limit their assassinations to scientists if it's this easy to access explosive and the know-how?

. Professor Ali-Mohammadi

. Professor Ali-Mohammadi was not a signatory of the open letter by the 88 professors at Tehran University. They were faculty members of Faculty of Engineering; Professor Ali-Mohammad was a faculty member at Faculty of Sciences.

According to Dr. Sahimi, he was not a signatory. Read the rest of Dr. Sahimi's argment below:

by Mammad on Thu Jan 14, 2010 06:54 PM PST

Two sources, one in London and one in Tehran, have told me that Professor Ali-Mohammadi was going on a one-year sabbatical leave outside Iran. Did that knowledge contribute to his demise? I do not know. 

2. Professor Ali-Mohammadi was not a signatory of the open letter by the 88 professors at Tehran University. They were faculty members of Faculty of Engineering; Professor Ali-Mohammad was a faculty member at Faculty of Sciences.

3. In my view, the evidence points to the hardliners, or at least more rogue elements within the security/intelligence establishment. This would not be the first time that such elements commit such a crime.

4. Having said that, I believe that the probability that Professor Ali-Mohammadi was murdered by foreign intelligence is very small, but not zero, for the following reason:

Professor Ali-Mohammadi had visited the Synchrotron Radiation Center in Jordan as one of Iran's two representatives. Israel obviously monitors that center. The research at the center has to do with nuclear science. He was Iran's official representative. So, if he was killed by the hardliners, the visit could not be the reason.

At the same time the Mojahedin had identified him, mistakingly of course, as a major player in Iran's nuclear program. Therefore, Professor Ali-Mohammadi could be the victim of a colossal intelligence error on Israel's part. The probability is small, but not absolutely zero.

Q:

With all due respect, what do the hardliners gain by killing any innocent person? Nothing, except making people more determined, but they have killed at least 100 people over the past 7 months. So, your argument that, "what would they gain" is not valid.

Mammad

 //iranian.com/main/2010/jan/masoud-ali-mohammadi#comment-256600

Unlikely

All of this is very unlikely and is only believed by those filled with so much hatred they can't see the truth anymore. The dr. wasn't a "supporter" of mousavi, before the elctions the mans name was put on some list as support. However, his friends and family say the man never involved in politics and never talked about it either. You think a man like that would put his name on such a list to begin with? If you're deranged enough you could make links between anything and anything.

The Rex movie theatre

When years after the revolution it was proven that the Rex Movie theatre bombing was the work of the same goons who were in the inner circle of the Ayatoilete Khomeini, what else can be expected of these Islamic murderers.

Excellent Analysis as usual!

There is no doubt this crime was done by IRI.  They are expert in this type of crime & others as well.  Qouds has detonated many such bombs in Iraq & Afganestan which have cost lives of so many innocent people..  

I also raised the same points in a brief comment here

on another thread. Here's a copy of the comment:

by Onlyiran on Wed Jan 13, 2010 09:39 AM PST

Even Leverette's statement supports the theory that the IRI was behind this assassination. If you listen to him talk on Worldfocus (see link provided by Vildemose below), you will hear him say (toward the end of the interview) that killing this professor will have a very marginal effect on IRI's nuclear program. So the question that one should ask oneself is this: why would a foreign country go through all this trouble to kill this guy, with a bomb, in broad daylight, when doing so would only have a negligible effect on the nuclear program? A simple cost / benefit analysis will result in a decision not to go forward with the plan.

On the other hand, the benefits for the IRI would be immense. They get rid of a scientist who is sympathetic to the opposition (and probably knew something about their program that he could expose) and at the same time get the justification that they need to crack down harder on the protesters and create a "security atmosphere". Lastly, the fact that they came out immediately and accused the usuals suspects, without any investigation, and cleaned up the "crime scene", again immediately, are tell tale signs of a well orchestrated, previously planned operation.

The overwhelming evidence points the finger at the IRI.

Good points. Few years ago the IRGC high command was killed2

In an airplane accident.  I remember reading an article that Israel once realized IRGC high command could be killed so easily it sparked an idea for them that this may be the wave of the future.

That may be the article and thought the regime was trying to pursue and blame in this case.  Here's the news about the plane crash of IRGC commanders including a high command intelligence chief!

//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4594104.stm

This is another fraud like the election fraud. 

Everything is sacred.

Photo of Known Lebanese Hezbollah member at the explosion site

Here it is:

 //img69.imageshack.us/img69/8425/48810220901l600.jpg

Now you know who he is.  The picture on the bottom is of the same Hezbollah member at a Mousavi campaign office that was raided and closed back in June. 

IRI is so stupid and you are all so clever

And of course the West is not at all interested in fermenting unrest and escalating the current popular uprising to a bloody civil war instead of letting it to develope along a rational national movement.

Other IRI objectives

Thanks Mr Bagherzadeh for your excellent analysis. I believe there are other objectives that are also followed by the regime in this assassination.

- Larijani has used this subject to call for everyone to unite behind rahbar in the face of enemies who want to deprive Iran of its rightful technological research. i.e. no more descent.

- As early as a week or so ago, the university lecturers wrote an open letter (I believe to Rahbar) and complained about the violence inflicted on the students. This sends a message to those who dare speak.

And of course it will be used as you have suggested as an excuse to inflict more violence on those opposing the regime.

Excellent leads

Thank you for pointing out the facts and possible leads. I too agree that the most likely culprit is the Islamic Republic.

The victim was not involved in the regime's nuclear activities and had publicly supported Mousavi for president.

Also the alleged claim of responsibility by a monarchist group with no previous history sounds like something that the regime would fabricate in order to vilify the opposition. (Why would these so-called monarchist terrorists assassinate a professor and not key officials of the regime?)

Another hideous, sinister crime added to the thick file of the Islamic Republic.