Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran car bomb explosion.

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REPORTING FROM TEHRAN AND BEIRUT -- An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed Wednesday morning when a bomb ripped through his car in a northern Tehran neighborhood, Iranian media reports said.

It was the fifth attack targeting an Iranian nuclear scientist in two years and will likely add to the tension between Iran and the West over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear enrichment program.

The head of Tehran's Security Council, Safarali Baratlu, blamed the attack on Israel, calling it "an act of the Zionists," according to the semi-official Fars news agency. There was no immediate response from Israel.

Witnesses said a motorcyclist planted a bomb under the vehicle of the 32-year-old scientist, who was identified in media reports as Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan.

"This bomb was a magnetic bomb and similar to those that they have used to assassinate scientists in the past," Baratlu was quoted as saying.

At least one other person was killed in the blast, and a third person was wounded, Fars said.

Roshan was a professor at Sanati Sharif University, also known as Tehran's technical university, and deputy director for commercial affairs at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in the northern Isfahan province, Fars said.

Iranian media outlets carried photos of what they said was Roshan's damaged gray Peugeot car. Other images appeared to show blood stains and car parts in the street and cleaners sweeping the area with broomsticks.

Police and plainclothes security officers cordoned off a large area around the scene of the explosion, not far from Kitabi Square and the social science faculty of Allameh Tabatabai University. Passersby had their bags searched and motorcyclists were stopped and asked to present identification. Some people were body searched.

Wednesday's bombing happened the day before the second anniversary of the death of Iranian physics professor Massoud Ali Mohammadi, who was killed when a booby-trapped motorbike parked near his car exploded as he was leaving his home in northern Tehran.

Tehran has accused the United States, Israel and other Western interests of targeting its scientists in a bid to slow its nuclear research program, charges denied by the United States in the past.

Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said the country's nuclear program would continue despite Wednesday's "heinous act." "Our path is irreversible," the organization said in a statement quoted by Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam television channel.

Tension has been mounting between Iran and the West since U.N. nuclear inspectors released a report last fall asserting that Iran was conducting research that may be aimed at developing an atomic bomb.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday condemned Iran's decision to begin uranium enrichment at a covertly built underground facility near Qom, saying it brought Tehran "a significant step closer" to gaining the ability to produce weapons-grade nuclear material.

Iran, which maintains that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes, said this week that centrifuges in the Fordo bunker will be used to enrich uranium to 20% purity to create isotopes for medical research. About 90% purity is normally required for bomb making.

Iranian officials recently threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic channel through which 20% of the world's crude oil is shipped, if the United States and its allies continue to punish Iran with new economic sanctions.

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JEWISH COMMENTS: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4174125,00.html

1.    
Awesome news. Thank you Israel!  (End)
Anon    ,  Johannesburg     (01.11.12)
   
2.    
Rather precise bomb. Nice work Mossad.
Henry from New York    ,  USA     (01.11.12)
   
3.    
Clearly it was a suicide! or the Chineese!  (End)
tom    ,  tel aviv     (01.11.12)
   
4.    
well done !
Arctodus Simus    ,  Fort Yukon-Alaska     (01.11.12)
   
5.    
january seems to be a bad month for Iranian scientists  (End)
Castor Troy    ,  Los Angeles     (01.11.12)
   
6.    
IRANIAN SCIENTIST
Adam    ,  london     (01.11.12)
   
7.    
Even If
bb        (01.11.12)
   
8.    
#1 #6
Iranian Scientist        (01.11.12)
   
9.    
The Freemasons did it! That's the ticket...
Scott    ,  USA     (01.11.12)
   
10.    
Another one bites the dust.  (End)
       (01.11.12)
   
11.    
He got a virus!  (End)
       (01.11.12)
   
12.    
If only they could put a bomb in a bannana
Haim    ,  TA     (01.11.12)
   
13.    
When you play with fire, you're bound to get burned  (End)
Noodles    ,  Coney Island     (01.11.12)
   
14.    
Sounds like a suicide to me
David    ,  USA     (01.11.12)
   
15.    
# 8 Iranian scientist
Harvey    ,  London     (01.11.12)
   
16.    
Work Accident
Tom    ,  Gainesville, USA     (01.11.12)
   
17.    
RIP
Susya Bar Dror    ,  IL     (01.11.12)
   
18.    
#8 Iranian Scientists
David    ,  Haifa, Israel     (01.11.12)
   
19.    
#8 Tick-tick-tick-tick  (End)
Mike    ,  Raanana Israel     (01.11.12)
   
20.    
From Iran with love....
Koorosh    ,  Esther & Mordechai, Hamadan, Iran     (01.11.12)
   
21.    
If the Mossad can get him, why not nastyrallah or that big
Bunnie Meyer    ,  Los Angeles, CA USA     (01.11.12)
   
22.    
shocking news!
Sam M    ,  UK     (01.11.12)
   
23.    
Maybe it's time for Iran to ban motorbikes.  (End)
Mark    ,  Elrom     (01.11.12)
   
24.    
THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL-HIP HIP HOORAY!!!HIP HIP HOORAY!!!
Me    ,  Here     (01.11.12)
   
25.    
What a terrible waste of an automobile !!  (End)
Doomsday Toddler        (01.11.12)
   
26.    
Celebrating death
Sean    ,  m     (01.11.12)
   
27.    
Just think....if he was floating on a boat by a
Steven Wilson    ,  Anchorage, Alaska     (01.11.12)
   
28.    
No it's not about your origin or religion
Isac        (01.11.12)
   
29.    
Its ok to be pleased with the death of an enemy
Maximilian Teusch    ,  FL     (01.11.12)
   
30.    
Surgeon general's warning
Albrecht Klein    ,  Germany     (01.11.12)
   
31.    
Looking forward to January 11th 2013  (End)
Moshe    ,  Jerusalem     (01.11.12)
   
32.    
NO this is not a death celebration
Jeff    ,  Beverly Hills, CA     (01.11.12)
   
33.    
blast kills nuclear scientist
Double_Tap_Jack    ,  Maryville, Tennessee     (01.11.12)
   
34.    
@ 8
       (01.11.12)
   
35.    
one down many to go  (End)
salmaen        (01.11.12)
   
36.    
wow! happy holiday!  (End)
lol        (01.11.12)
   
37.    
The long-arm of the Mossad!  (End)
Jake Stone    ,  USA     (01.11.12)
   
38.    
#2 Henry: They have already blamed the "Zionist Regime"
David    ,  Karmiel, Israel     (01.11.12)
   
39.    
13
anton    ,  Ist turkey     (01.11.12)
   
40.    
he looks so relaxed in the car  (End)
lol        (01.11.12)
   
41.    
twas us twas the local population who is against nukes!  (End)
       (01.11.12)
   
42.    
@26 very well said and I agree w/u  (End)
       (01.11.12)
   
43.    
A geographic specific industrial event....
Gideon Reader        (01.11.12)
   
44.    
Who killed him?
Rashid G    ,  Manama, Bahrain     (01.11.12)
   
45.    
You still give credence to Silverstein?
Bruce    ,  Philadelphia     (01.11.12)
   
46.    
Not that Richard Silverstein again
Deane Atkinson    ,  London UK     (01.11.12)
   
47.    
loose lips sink ships
lactmama    ,  Ashdod, Israel     (01.11.12)
   
48.    
The Coyote and his ACME bomb kit strikes again!  (End)
Roger    ,  Lima, USA     (01.11.12)
   
49.    
small clarification
tom    ,  toronto, canada     (01.11.12)
   
50.    
#15 #18
Iranian Scientist        (01.11.12)
   
51.    
THE JUDGE OF THE UNIVERSE IS AT WORK
calabi    ,  Aust Sydney     (01.11.12)
   
52.    
@ 26
Bernard    ,  France     (01.11.12)
   
53.    
Iran is behind all terrorism
John Casterline    ,  Great Falls USA     (01.11.12)
   
54.    
The Iranian people might have done it
James McGowan    ,  South Glenn USA     (01.11.12)
   
55.    
#50
israel israeli    ,  tel aviv     (01.11.12)
   
56.    
Glad to know Iranian security up to par. LOL.  (End)
Barbara    ,  Haifa Israel     (01.11.12)
   
57.    
obviously is dangerous to be a nuclear scientist, during Jan  (End)
carlos    ,  Bs.As - Argentina     (01.11.12)
   
58.    
tom #49 partly right
Gee    ,  Zikron Yaakov     (01.11.12)
   
59.    
Justice done for a nuke TERRORIST !  (End)
Chris Rettenmoser    ,  Bayerisch Gmain Germ     (01.11.12)
   
60.    
Fortunately he save 15% on his car insurance with Geico
meir elazar        (01.11.12)
   
61.    
Lots of truth in #55
Baby Israeli Abroad    ,  London     (01.11.12)
   
62.    
R.I.P. REST IN PIECES  (End)
LAWRENCE    ,  SAFED ISRAEL     (01.11.12)
   
63.    
Is it me or is the top of his head missing?
Henry from New York    ,  USA     (01.11.12)
   
64.    
Chiara drove the bike, Gabriel
Stephen in New York        (01.11.12)
   
65.    
nice work boys
gays4Israel    ,  Tehran     (01.11.12)
   
66.    
An act of terrorism, applauded by most posters here...
Ben Alofs    ,  Bangor, UK     (01.11.12)
   
67.    
#66 - You say that, but sometimes it's the only way to
Henry from New York    ,  USA     (01.11.12)
   
68.    
Nuclear Scientist killed
Arlie Ray    ,  Mountain View, CA     (01.11.12)
   
69.    
Tehran Blast
Christian    ,  Chesham UK     (01.11.12)
   
70.    
These guys on that motorbike are heroes !  (End)
Chris Rettenmoser    ,  Bayerisch Gmain Germ     (01.11.12)
   
71.    
66- Perfect example of Moral Equivalency
Stephen in New York        (01.12.12)

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