Attacks on Iranian scientists continue: Natanz staff member killed uranium enrichment center
The attempt was made in the Seyed-Handan area, near Aleme Tabatabai University, approximately at 8: 00 local time. Eyewitnesses reported that an unknown biker magnet explosive device was attached to the bottom of the car of the professor, reports Newsru Israel.
Roshan died as a result of the attack, two more people who were in the car were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity, according to Fars. According to the Associated Press, two of those who were in the car died.
A. Roshan, despite his 32 of the year - a very young age for a scientist - was already a professor at Tehran University of Technology. He was also engaged in one of the leading positions in the Iranian nuclear center in the city of Natanz. In this center, according to the IAEA, work is underway to enrich uranium. Agency Mehr reports, despite the fact that Roshan graduated from the University of Technology in 2002 with a degree in Chemical Engineering, he fulfilled the duties of deputy director of the commercial department in Natanz. However, the Iranian media later clarified that Ahmadi Roshan was the director.
Iranian media reports that the attack that took place on Wednesday was committed on the eve of the second anniversary of the death of Masoud Ali Mohammadi, a professor at Tehran University of Technology. In November, 2010 made an attempt on the life of scientists Majid Shahriari and Fereidun Abbasi. Abbasi managed to survive, and now he heads the organization for atomic energy.
At a military facility located in 40 km from Tehran, in November last year a powerful explosion thundered. The victims of the explosion were Major General Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, as well as twenty officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The authorities said that an accident occurred during the transportation of ammunition, but other sources claim that the incident occurred during an intercontinental missile test. In late November, an explosion thundered at a uranium enrichment plant located in Isfahan.
In December, 2011 also exploded at a plant in Yazd. There. According to unconfirmed reports, centrifuges were manufactured that are used to enrich uranium.
According to the Iranian authorities, the responsibility for the incidents at the country's nuclear facilities, as well as for cyber attacks, lies with the United States and its allies. Iranian authorities accuse them of hunting for Iranian scientists.
In organizing the murder of Roshan blamed Israel. In particular, Safar Ali Bratlu, who is the deputy governor of Tehran province, said this. His words are quoted by local news agencies. According to the official, Israel, killing physicists, wants to prevent Iran’s nuclear program and destabilize the situation in the state.
Iranian experts say that in all cases of the death of scientists, the Mossad motorcyclists dressed in black were the performers. The involvement of the Israeli security services to the elimination of Roshan says Richard Silverstein, a famous American blogger. The blogger, as in other similar cases, cites his own reliable sources from the Israeli military-political establishment.
Currently there is no official information about who is responsible for the attempts on physicists.
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