Iranian nuclear scientist killed, another injured. - Polidicks

[IMG]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20101129/i/r2535810499.jpg?x=400&y=326&q=85&sig=tA9XyncFiUVlcEMvV8q3KA--[/IMG] [I] Damage to a car is seen following the detonation of a planted bomb in this still image taken from video in Tehran November 29, 2010. Two car bomb blasts killed one Iranian nuclear scientist and wounded another in Tehran on Monday, Iran's al Alam Arabic language television reported [/I][quote=Associated Press] TEHRAN, Iran – [B]Assailants on motorcycles attached magnetized bombs to the cars of two nuclear scientists as they were driving to work in Tehran on Monday, killing one and wounding the other, Iranian officials said. The president accused Israel and the West of being behind the attacks.[/B] The explosions, which took place in front of Shahid Behesti University, are the latest in a string of recent assassination attempts in which five doctors and professors have been killed in Tehran. Iran's nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said the man killed was involved in a major project with the country's nuclear agency, though he did not give specifics. Some Iranian media reported that the wounded scientist was a laser expert at Iran's Defense Ministry and one of the country's few top specialists in nuclear isotope separation. The explosions, which took place in front of Shahid Behesti University, are the latest in a string of recent assassination attempts in which five doctors and professors have been killed in Tehran. Iranian officials said they suspected the assassination was part of a covert campaign aimed at damaging the country's nuclear program, which the United States and its allies says is intended to build a weapon — a claim Tehran denies. [B]At least two other Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in recent years, one of them in an attack similar to Monday's.[/B] President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a press conference that "undoubtedly, the hand of the Zionist regime and Western governments is involved in the assassination." But he said the attack would not hamper the nuclear program and vowed that one day Iran would take retribution. "The day in the near future when time will come for taking them into account, their file will be very thick," he said. Asked about the Iranian accusations, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said Israel did not comment on such matters. Washington has strongly denied any link to previous attacks. The attacks, as described by Iranian officials, appeared sophisticated. [B] In each case, assailants on motorcycles approached the cars as they were moving through Tehran and attached magnetized bombs to the vehicles, Tehran police chief Hossein Sajednia said. The bombs exploded seconds later[/B], he said, according to the state news agency IRNA. He said no one has been arrested in connection with the attack nor no one has so far claimed responsibility. The bombings both took place in the morning, but there were conflicting reports on what time each took place. The bombs went off in two separate locations, in north and northeast Tehran, that lie about a 15-minute drive apart without traffic. The slain scientist, Majid Shahriari, was a member of the nuclear engineering faculty at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. [B]His wife, who was in the car with him, was wounded. [/B] Shahriari cooperated with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said Salehi, a vice president who heads the organization. "He was involved in one of the big AEOI projects, which is a source of pride for the Iranian nation," Salehi said, according to IRNA, without giving any details on the project. Salehi also said the killed scientist was one of his own students. The AEOI is in charge of Iran's nuclear activities — including its uranium enrichment program, which the United Nations has demanded be halted. [B]The other attack targeted scientist Fereidoun Abbasi, who was wounded along with his wife.[/B] A pro-government website, mashreghnews.ir, said Abbasi held a Ph.D. in nuclear physics and has long been a member of the Revolutionary Guard, the country's most powerful military force. It said he was also a lecturer at Imam Hossein University, affiliated to the Guard. The United States accuses the Guard of having a role in Iran's nuclear program. The site said Abbasi was a laser expert at Iran's Defense Ministry and one of few top Iranian specialists in nuclear isotope separation. Isotope separation — meaning the isolating of a specific isotope of an element — is a process needed for a range of purposes, from producing enriched uranium fuel for a reactor, to manufacturing medical isotopes to producing a bomb. Iran says its nuclear program is intended entirely for peaceful purposes, including producing electricity. The U.N. has demanded a halt to uranium enrichment because it can be used to produce reactor fuel or a bomb, but Tehran insists it has a right to pursue the technology. Iran has continued to portray its nuclear program as being under constant pressure from the West and its allies. These include alleged abductions of nuclear officials and, more recently, a computer worm known as Stuxnet that experts say was calibrated to destroy uranium-enrichment centrifuges by sending them spinning out of control. Iran says its experts stopped Stuxnet from affecting systems at its nuclear facilities. Monday's attacks bore close similarities to another in January that killed Tehran University professor Masoud Ali Mohammadi, a senior physics professor. He was killed when a bomb-rigged motorcycle exploded near his car as he was about to leave for work. [B] In 2007, state TV reported that nuclear scientist, Ardeshir Hosseinpour, died from gas poisoning[/B]. A one-week delay in the reporting of his death prompted speculation about the cause, including that Israel's Mossad spy agency was to blame. The latest attacks come a day after the release of internal State Department cables by the whistle-blower website Wikileaks, including several that vividly detail Arab fears over Iran's nuclear program and its growing political ambitions in the region. Arab worries over Iran often have been expressed in public in careful, diplomatic language by officials in the Gulf and elsewhere. The messages obtained by Wikileaks, however, appear to reflect the urgency of the concerns and the impression that a U.S.-led attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be welcomed by some leaders of Arab nations in the Middle East, especially the oil-rich states that neighbor Iran in the Persian Gulf. [/quote] [URL]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear#mwpphu-container[/URL] Had Iran done this to any other nation (Israel e.g), it’d lead to immediate war and [B]extreme[/B] repercussions from the international community. But when this happens to Iran, no action is taken. The double standards are not only limited to Iran’s nuclear power ordeal.

Sounds like something from a movie. Referring to the first paragraph of bolded text.

This sounds like Israel or Americas doing, everyone else seems okay with their nuclear programmes except. And he's right, this is a western nations deed.

Magnetic bombs? That is not your simple run of the mill assassination. That is James Bond shit. A government has to be behind this.

Inured, That must be a pretty bad condition.

CIA or NSA, perhaps?

Anybody else see the part of the wikileaks leak that described how Saudi Arabia wanted us to bomb Iran? Could be them, too. (Unless I'm mistaken/took it out of context/forgetful)

[quote]The president accused Israel and the West of being behind the attacks.[/quote] Oh god!

Shit is going down.

Hey there America, you criminal scum...

Why, when this happens to Iran, there isn't a worldwide manhunt for the nation responsible? Oh, because America/Israel probably did it.

The USA must eliminate the nuclear weapon program at the source before they become too big a threat, at least that's what they think. They're going to kill all the scientists involved so no bomb can ever be made, sounds like a movie to me.

[QUOTE=hgncommand;26383320]The USA must eliminate the nuclear weapon program at the source before they become too big a threat, at least that's what they think. They're going to kill all the scientists involved so no bomb can ever be made, sounds like a movie to me.[/QUOTE] Sounds like the typical hypocritical world police to me.

[QUOTE=BloodYScar;26383377]Sounds like a hypocritical world police to me.[/QUOTE] word.

America thinking the run the world again? What's new.

[QUOTE=Miskav;26383420]America thinking the run the world again? What's new.[/QUOTE] After WW2, they do run the world.

[QUOTE=RayDark;26383625]After WW2, they do run the world.[/QUOTE] Hardly. They depend on many countries and trading agreements to keep supplying the need for resource to go to pointless wars and get into more billions of dollars in debt upon expanding their defense budget. Many of those trading agreements are with China, and if China stops supporting the US their economy will face a pretty harsh blow. If other countries follow in China's footsteps the US would lose its world dominance stance in a matter of years.

[QUOTE=Melnek;26383816]Hardly. They depend on many countries and trading agreements to keep supplying the need for resource to go to pointless wars and get into more billions of dollars in debt upon expanding their defense budget. Many of those trading agreements are with China, and if China stops supporting the US their economy will face a pretty harsh blow. If other countries follow in China's footsteps the US would lose its world dominance stance in a matter of years.[/QUOTE] Go with the winner, even if you are just a rat abandoning the sinking ship

[QUOTE=Melnek;26383816]Hardly. They depend on many countries and trading agreements to keep supplying the need for resource to go to pointless wars and get into more billions of dollars in debt upon expanding their defense budget. Many of those trading agreements are with China, and if China stops supporting the US their economy will face a pretty harsh blow. If other countries follow in China's footsteps the US would lose its world dominance stance in a matter of years.[/QUOTE] China needs a buyer. Their majority purchaser is the US.

[QUOTE=starpluck;26382508]Had Iran done this to any other nation (Israel e.g), it'd lead to immediate war and [B]extreme[/B] repercussions from the international community. But when this happens to Iran, no action is taken. The double standards are not only limited to Iran’s nuclear power ordeal.[/QUOTE] Why are you acting like there is hardcore proof who did it. There wouldn't be extreme repercussions if it happened in America as they wouldn't know who did it.

[QUOTE=hgncommand;26383320]The USA must eliminate the nuclear weapon program at the source before they become too big a threat, at least that's what they think. They're going to kill all the scientists involved so no bomb can ever be made, sounds like a movie to me.[/QUOTE] Erm, for the record, their nuclear program is for energy, not weapons

I love how Iran just accuses the US and Israel without any real evidence of them actually being responsible and everyone here instantly assumes that it's true... I mean, there are certain Arab countries in there that fear the nuclear program as well, not just the US. But it's that much easier to pin the blame on the US, right?

[QUOTE=BloodYScar;26383377]Sounds like the typical hypocritical world police to me.[/QUOTE] I also like how people call us heartless when we refuse to help countries in need.

[QUOTE=Jim_Riley;26384590]I love how Iran just accuses the US and Israel without any real evidence of them actually being responsible and everyone here instantly assumes that it's true... I mean, there are certain Arab countries in there that fear the nuclear program as well, not just the US. But it's that much easier to pin the blame on the US, right?[/QUOTE] The Arab countries don't fear a nuclear Iran as much as Israel (or US). Sure they want their nuclear program to halt, but with evidence linking Junduallah to the U.S in the past, it is more probable it is another attempt to undermine Iran's nuclear process as well as the Stuxnet.

Riding up to a car with motorcycles, slapping bombs on said car and riding away, exploding their shit. Man that is a baller ass assassination.

[QUOTE=Gentlemanne;26384882]Riding up to a car with motorcycles, slapping bombs on said car and riding away, exploding their shit. Man that is a baller ass assassination.[/QUOTE]Couldn't agree more [editline]29th November 2010[/editline] [quote][B] The bombs exploded seconds later[/B][/quote]

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;26384600]I also like how people call us heartless when we refuse to help countries in need.[/QUOTE] You, just like many western countries, dont help countries in need, but you force help upon countries that dont need your help. If you want to be the world police, do it properly and dont just be the corrupt cop that likes to threaten everyone else, because thats what america is doing.

[QUOTE=BloodYScar;26384931]You, just like many western countries, dont help countries in need, but you force help upon countries that dont need your help. If you want to be the world police, do it properly and dont just be the corrupt cop that likes to threaten everyone else, because thats what america is doing.[/QUOTE] Fuck them, the world is ours.

CIA did it.

Santa Clause was behind it.