BBC: An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed and another wounded in two separate but similar attacks, according to Iranian media reports. The scientists were targeted in Tehran by attackers who attached bombs to each of their cars, reports said. The scientist killed has been named as Majid Shahriari of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, according to the official Irna news agency. Another scientist was killed in a bomb blast at the beginning of the year. Dr Shahriari was a member of the nuclear engineering department of Shahid Beheshti University. His wife is said to have been injured in the attack. The nuclear scientist injured in the second attack was named as Fereydoon Abbasi. His wife was also wounded >>>
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by PArviz on Tue Nov 30, 2010 02:53 AM PSTAnybody helping the Mullahs in anyway is a traitor and a criminal and should be punished in one way or another.
Helping the inhuman mullahs to obtain nuclear weapons is a cardinal sin. No true Iranian wants these barbarians to posses the "bomb".
This regime with nuclear weapons means nothing but war and more misery for the Iranian people. These so called scientists should know that nobody is going to treat them as heroes, on the contrary they are criminals. They are helping this unpredictable and undemocratic regime to obtain weapons of mass destruction.The world and certainly Iran would be a much more dangerous place if the mullahs had the bomb.
Down with the ENTIRE Islamic Republic!
My condolences to their families and Iranians
by norooz on Mon Nov 29, 2010 06:27 PM PSTHad the assassinated certain clerics or government officials, i would have said it is MEK. Had it been an ethnic related assassination, i would have said it is Jundallah or Kurds. This is an attempt to take out nuclear scientists and send a message to other scientist. whoever ordered this is trying to disrupt the nuclear program. It is clear who are behind these assassinations. British/US/Israel. However, as No fear wrote, organization connected to west and Israel will do the job for a price. It is foolish to think IRI would take out nuclear scientists whom are needed the most for these programs.
comrad
by Cost-of-Progress on Mon Nov 29, 2010 05:45 PM PSTa nuclear armed akhund will be even harder to dislodge from Iran. The cockroach alliance does not need nukes. This act may end up being one of their own works just like numerous other acts like this. These people are ruthless to the power of infinity and will stop at nothing even killing their own.....
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IRAN FIRST
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yeah fearfull one, its funny that
by Cost-of-Progress on Mon Nov 29, 2010 05:36 PM PSTthe supporter of a terrorist regime calls others terrorists....ha ha ha. The ENTIRE so called government of the cockroach clergy and their bearded supporters then deserve nothing less than what you have described here.
vaaghean ke cheghadr shuma islami haa roo darin...
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IRAN FIRST
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He was no Gerald Bull
by comrade on Mon Nov 29, 2010 05:31 PM PSTRegardless of who won the last presidential election in Iran, regardless of how we feel for or against IRI, and finally regardless of the true nature of our nuclear program; this horrendous act of terrorism should be condemned by all of us.
I call it our nuclear program. Mullahs will go. We will keep the nukes, without any doubt.
Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
Mr or Mrs "no fear", you said it
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Mon Nov 29, 2010 04:02 PM PSTNow that you mentioned, the "bullet between the eyes" is an excellent punishment for all the current terrorist entities in Iran, the regime's bassij, revolutionary guards and all their leadership, including the man in your avatar!
But have no fear, you are safe, you are in london or toronto, so cheer up, dont take yourself too seriously and go do some shopping !
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."
R G
by No Fear on Mon Nov 29, 2010 03:44 PM PSTI don't care if its an balouch or kurd. But if you are a member of a terrorist organization you deserve a bullet between your eyes.
How is that?
Now listen to the Racist islamist Mr or Miss "no fear" here....
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Mon Nov 29, 2010 03:38 PM PSTTalking from her/his HQ in London or Toronto, blaming our balooch and Kurd Iranian brothers and sisters for this terrorist act when he says:
"Isn't it conceivable that a balouch or a kurd who is a member of a terrorist group and can easily travel throughtout Iran, carried out this attack?"
So enlighten us, our fearless west residing islamist Lady or gent what are you proposing here? Stopping the Iranians from "easily travelling" within their own country for the crime of being born a balooch or a Kurd? How about introducing a pass law here for Majority of Iranians who simply dont like your velayate vaghih islamist regime? You know the racist S. African regime had a similar pass law for majority blacks, and see what happened to them!
This shameless islamist fascist exemplifies why so many our our Balooch, Kurd , arab and azari compatriots feel so alienated in their own country, and why the sheer existance of this islamist regime is such a danger to teritorial integrity of Iran.
The most likely scenario ...
by No Fear on Mon Nov 29, 2010 03:19 PM PSTThere has been some justifiable criticism against IR for not protecting some of its most valuable assets like its nuclear scientists. IR might be many things, but never take them as naive. I am sure these two scientists were not key figures. Those who are directly involved in our nuclear programs have around the clock protections. It would be extremely unlikely that after the first hit on one of our scientist few months ago, we don't take measures to protect key figures.
What to me is alarming, is the " specific" targets that terrorists are choosing when carrying out their missions in Iran. This is different than blowing up mosques, buses or bombimg during parades. Its like someone is telling them ; If you want our continued financial and military support, hit them were it hurts and make us proud!
Isn't it conceivable that a balouch or a kurd who is a member of a terrorist group and can easily travel throughtout Iran, carried out this attack?
Isn't Jundullah financially supported by Saudis and CIA? Isn't PKK and PJAK financially and militarly supported by Mossad? Israel has been active in Kurdistan since 1950s;
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Kurdish_relations
To me, this seems like the most likely scenario. Targeted assassination is a lot more effective for terrorists to weaken their enemy. Why blow up buses when you can get better funding from abroad by eliminating valuable government assets?
PS: Those two jewish hikers who were caught in Kurdistan can kiss their freedom goodbye. They would be our guests for a very long time.
Roozbeh
by oz on Mon Nov 29, 2010 03:02 PM PSTThanks.
I just think even if we don't pay attention to motive here, there are different ways IR deals with these sort of things in their own backyard.
Divaneh
by oz on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:58 PM PSTI buy this possibility over the IR theory.
"oz"
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:48 PM PSTFirst, "welcome on board" as they say around here!
Second, I have no contacts whatsoever within the islamist regime's etelaat ministry to confirm or deny the rumours and your question. But be rest assured that the truth will come out here eventually as sure as it did in the cinema Rex case, chain murder cases, to name two examples of islamist regime's terrorism against it's own citizens.....
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."
OZ
by divaneh on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:46 PM PSTThey certainly have the motivation, the money, and access to the Palestinians.
Divaneh
by oz on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:41 PM PSTI was just thinking that. But I don't see a history of such acts by them. Are they even good at these sort of things?
Dear Anonymouse,
by divaneh on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:39 PM PSTYou may be right, we can only speculate at this point.
OZ,
I now think there is another possibility, Saudi Arabia.
Roozbeh
by oz on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:32 PM PSTAre you suggesting it's more possible that IR did it?
Of course Jooooooooos and zioooooonists did it!!
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:22 PM PSTAccording to the failed, bitter wedding photographer turned islamist cheerleader, "pino_Q" and his pack of yapping islamist poodles!
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."
few possibilities
by oz on Mon Nov 29, 2010 02:00 PM PSTI don't think it is as clear that Israel did it as it is that IR didn't do this. There's always motive for Israel, but so is there for the US. But I have to say, there aren't that many possibilities here.
Disenchanted
by Onlyiran on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:55 PM PSTIt is a known fact that Israel never denies credit for assassinations of figures in an "enemy" state even when it is not responsible for the act. That is a part of its psychological operations, and it creates a false impression of its power--which people like you are just too eager to believe.
I gladly tell you bro...
by Disenchanted on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:49 PM PSTNeda agha Soltan was not killed by Israel contrary to what mr. Larijani was trying to sell to the world last week!
Israelis are not even denying this. They are on record advocating these stuff. Read Aaln Dershowitz on asssasination of scientists!
Come on fellas lets point to the right culprit and not mix things up! :-)
And "Disenchanted", tell us a scenario where you
by Onlyiran on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:41 PM PSTdon't inject Israel into everything and anything that happens in Iran.
Isn't it also amazing that Israel pops up on almost every thread on a social site called "Iranian.com?" Also, isn't it amazing that, at the same time, the IRI connects everything--especially the internal opposition and Mousavi himself--to Israel? :-)
Tell me a senario that you would blame Israel for!
by Disenchanted on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:34 PM PSTEven if Anejad gets killed you would sing the same song. How about Khamenei?! What if Iran gets nuked? you'd say they did it themselves. It was perhaps a technological malfunction!
This is just utter nonsense or childish naiveness badly disguised as hyper awareness! The claim that IRI did this is a idiotic as the claim that US was behind 9/11!! I heard that Socrates was infact a female and Alexander was a space alien!
passion talking, not reason
by oz on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:17 PM PSTIt is ludicrous to think IR did this.
Those who blame IRI have to learn about Occam's Razor!
by Disenchanted on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:16 PM PSTHere it is: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor
"the simplest explanation is more likely the correct one".
The conspiratory theory should be bounded by domain of nonsense! I bet those imaginative, naive and perhaps overly biased minds can make a case for "FRED" being an IRI agent on this site!!
Is not that this is first time Israelis are doing this. Scientists of Egypt, Jordan and Iraq have been targeted before.
hey FredCo, wasn't UK calling itself a democracy in 1953?
by Q on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:06 PM PSTLooks like the latest meme wasn't properly vetted, so it's back to the propaganda factory for this one.
You and your colleagues can thank me later.
What a disgusting, but predictable, logic by the resident AIPAC cheerleader to justify bombing, torture, invasions and killing civilians, i.e. everything US an Israel are doing in the middle east.
Why kill him quietly when you can make noise & accuse Zionists?
by Anonymouse on Mon Nov 29, 2010 01:01 PM PSTAs Austin Powers would say, why ask for millions when you can have BILLIONS?!
If Islamic Republic really wanted to collaborate with the world in nuclear technology they could do so without so much huffing and puffing. They're choosing another path. The same path leads them to kill their own scientists whom they think they can grow on the scientist tree which they'll create and "invent" like many other things.
Sanctions? No problem, tomorrow as Ahmadi said there will be 100 refineries!
Everything is sacred
There is no gain for them, Anonymouse
by divaneh on Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:55 PM PSTIf the regime wanted to kill this man, they could have done it quietly. This is truly embarrassing that they are so useless in maintaining the inland security.
Unlike you, I think a part of this project is being carried out in the Universities. You are right about the physical work being carried out in the underground workshops, but different element of the research can well be distributed in different research centres.
I think it was Israelis and they have acted in their own national interests.
Is that what I am hearing from you Fred?
by Bavafa on Mon Nov 29, 2010 09:59 PM PSTThat terrorizing others by democratic governments are OK?
By your account, slavery in US was OK then, just as the apartheid system in Israel should be acceptable?
Oh… who is mooching on who here?
but then again, what can one expect from a proven to be a LIAR.
I have always denounced terrorism, violence and injustice every where that exist and by all regimes, including IRI, Israel or any other regime that commits them and have challenged you to do the same. Lets hear it, see if you can bring yourself to denounce it by all, including Israel and IRI. Of course that may just cost your job, right?
Mehrdad
Divaneh, Islamic Republic has nothing to gain from this?
by Anonymouse on Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:38 PM PSTFirst things first. The guy is dead. So if the guy was somehow sympathetic to the opposition and played a role in the international community (including Israelis) wouldn't a paranoid IRGC and/or intelligence officer have any interest in killing ?him
The nuclear science for Islamic Republic is a mix and match of stolen data and technologies. They're only good in building them in the moutains but the technology itself has much to be desired
آفتابه لگن هفت دست شام و ناهار هیچی!
Besides, in previous assasinations there has been no clue or miniscule lead to show foreign agents involvement. This while rows upon rows of spies (read foreign agents :-) are being imprisoned, interrogated and set free on bails
Everything is sacred
Islamist Palestinian crop dusters
by Fred on Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:37 PM PSTIt is clear the clueless and finicky reader Islamist Palestinian crop dusters cannot differentiate between fully democratic countries like U.S. and Israel and their Islamist Rapist Republic.
Mooching off the Iranian people does that to the Islamist Palestinian crop dusters.