Bombings Target Nuclear Physics Professors in Iran

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From StratFor:
Two small improvised explosive devices (IEDs) detonated in opposite ends of Tehran at about 7:45 a.m. local time, Iranian media reported Nov. 29. While conflicting information has emerged on the incidents, the latest reports by Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) said two nuclear physicists at Shahid Beheshti University — Majid Shahriari and Fereidoun Abbasi — were the intended targets of the bombing. According to the ISNA report, Shahriari was killed while Abbasi and his wife survived the attack and are currently receiving hospital treatment. Turkish state-run media has reported that Abbasi was named “the most important professor in Iran” in 2007, indicating that he is close to the regime and a well-known academic.

Details are vague and contradictory thus far, but it appears that both Shahriari and Abbasi were attacked by unidentified motorcyclists who used IEDs to attack the professors while they were inside their vehicles. Iranian authorities have said Israel and the United States were behind the attacks.
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[renaissance_warrior]

Keep in mind, that they have been imprisoning and executing of their own scientists lately over the worm fiasco. They could have eliminated them that way to blame Israel. Misdirection.

[Bama Steve]

Either way, we buy time and save lives, right?

(Just long enough for the enemy to out-breed the Western civilizations . . .).

Carry-on.

:rofl:

[JohnnyMac]

Originally posted by renaissance_warrior
Keep in mind, that they have been imprisoning and executing of their own scientists lately over the worm fiasco. They could have eliminated them that way to blame Israel. Misdirection.

I was thinking the same thing, especially since motorcycle-mounted attacks are an IRGC staple tactic going back to the Iran-Iraq war. Many of the Basij militia (Iranian equivalent of the old Nazi SA) use motor-cross type motorcycles when out busting heads of opposition protesters. They fancy themselves to be the heirs of the ancient Persian charioteers and cavalry. A driver up front, with another Basij on back with either a firearm or a baton for impromptu games of "pedestrian polo".

JMc

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From StratFor - a follow up report:

Summary
In light of new details, the attacks against the two scientists in the Iranian capital Nov. 29 look fairly sophisticated and perhaps more damaging to Tehran than the similar attack against scientist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in January. The perpetrators behind the Nov. 29 attack were able to identify and track two seemingly high-profile scientists involved in Iran’s nuclear program and constructed explosive devices that, according to images from the scene of one of the attacks, specifically targeted the scientists using shaped charges and projectiles. Furthermore, the attackers had the manpower and coordination to target both scientists simultaneously.

[renaissance_warrior]

Even could have been Saudi Arabian spies after the wikileaks revelation.

[Munster30]

They couldn't have been American Operatives, especially not under this administration.

[renaissance_warrior]

Nope, the only stones in this presidency are the stoners.