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| Iran's nuclear professor 'killed' | |
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| An Iranian nuclear physics professor has been killed in a bomb attack in the capital Tehran, Iranian media say. | |
| They say that Masoud Mohammadi died after a remotely controlled bomb exploded near his home. | |
| Iranian media describe him as a "devoted revolutionary professor" killed by "anti-revolutionary" groups. | Iranian media describe him as a "devoted revolutionary professor" killed by "anti-revolutionary" groups. |
| It comes at a time of heightened tension in Iran, following June's disputed presidential election and mass protests against the government. | |
| 'Arrogant powers' | |
| Prof Mohammadi of Tehran University "was killed in a booby-trapped motorbike blast" in the city's northern Qeytariyeh district, Press TV said. | |
| Police sealed off the area and launched an investigation | |
| It showed pictures from the scene of the blast, saying windows in the nearby buildings were shattered by the force of the explosion. | It showed pictures from the scene of the blast, saying windows in the nearby buildings were shattered by the force of the explosion. |
| Local media reports say the bomb was attached to a motorcycle parked outside Prof Mohammadi's home, although one agency said it was planted in a rubbish bin. | |
| State broadcaster Irib said Prof Mohammadi "was martyred this morning in a terrorist act by anti-revolutionary and arrogant powers' elements". | |
| The BBC's Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne says Iran usually refers to its enemies in the West as "the arrogant powers". | |
| Police sealed off the area and launched an investigation into the incident. | Police sealed off the area and launched an investigation into the incident. |
| No-one has claimed responsibility for the blast and at this stage there could only be speculation for possible motives of the attack, correspondents say. | |
| There has been much controversy over Iran's nuclear activities. | |
| Tehran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful energy purposes, but the US and other Western nations suspect it of seeking to build nuclear weapons. | |
| In December, Tehran accused Saudi Arabia of detaining an Iranian nuclear scientist and handing him over the US. | |
| Saudi Arabia denied the claim. | |
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