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An Iranian university professor has been killed in a bombing in the capital Tehran, state agency reports say. | An Iranian university professor has been killed in a bombing in the capital Tehran, state agency reports say. |
Masoud Mohammadi died after a remotely controlled bomb exploded near his home early in northern Tehran, Iran's Press TV reported. | |
Details of the incident are still coming in. | Details of the incident are still coming in. |
It comes at a time of heightened tension in Iran, following June's disputed presidential election and mass protests against the government. | It comes at a time of heightened tension in Iran, following June's disputed presidential election and mass protests against the government. |
Prof Mohammadi of Tehran University "was killed in a booby-trapped motorbike blast" in the city's Qeytariyeh district, Press TV said. |