A Tehran University physics professor was killed in a bomb blast in front of his Tehran home this morning, January 12, 2009.
Massoud Alimohammadi was driving away from his home when a device placed inside a parked motorcycle was detonated.
The official story
Official Iranian news sources almost immediately went into overdrive. Borna news, close to the government, referred to Alimohammadi as a ‘senior nuclear scientist’ in an article posted at 10:48 AM.
Borna’s journalist was one of the first at the scene of the crime and its photos provide an idea of the strength of the conflagration which blew out the windows of the building across from Alimohammadi’s house.
Fars news, a semi-official news outlet close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), reported that the professor had been killed by ‘anti-revolutionary elements.’ Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast announced that the opposition, the United States, and Israel were behind the attack.
Fars published an interview with an alleged student of the late professor, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Manzourolajdad, who stated that Alimohammadi ‘worked with the IRGC from the start of the [Iran-Iraq] War (NB 1980) until 2003, though it is unclear why a student would have access to such information. Manzourolajdad also allegedly told Fars that Alimohammadi ‘stood firm behind the principles of the Islamic system and the velayateh faghih (NB Principle of the guardia… >>>
