Iranian nuclear scientist killed in motorbike attack
Baku, 29 November (AZERTAC). An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed and another wounded in two separate but similar attacks in the capital, Tehran.
The scientists were targeted by men on motorbikes who attached bombs to the windows of their cars as they drove to work, officials said.
The scientist killed has been named as Majid Shahriari, of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.
Another scientist was killed in a bomb blast at the beginning of the year.
Dr Shahriari was a member of the nuclear engineering department of Shahid Beheshti University. His wife is said to have been injured in the attack.
The nuclear scientist injured in the second attack was named as Fereydoon Abbasi. His wife was also wounded.
Dr Abbasi is said to be "one of the few specialists who can separate isotopes" - a process that is crucial in the manufacture of uranium fuel for nuclear power stations and is also required for the creation of uranium-based nuclear weapons.
Dr Abbasi has also been a member of the Revolutionary Guards since the 1979 revolution, the website said.
The head of Iran`s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, who went to visit the surviving scientist in hospital, said he had a message for the country`s enemies: "Do not play with fire".
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