Israel Has Assassinated Most Of Iran's Elite Physicists

The Israeli secret service agency Mossad is thought to be behind several attacks in recent years which have targeted Iran's nuclear program. This image is from television footage in the wake of an attack which killed nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi. AFP/Press TV

Report: Mossad Behind String Of Assassinations In Iran -- The Cable/Foreign Policy

Israel's Mossad intelligence agency carried out the assassinations of several Iranian nuclear scientists in recent months, which has led to "the virtual decimation of the Islamic republic's elite physicists," according to Germany's Der Spiegel. The latest victim -- 35-year-old physicist Darioush Rezaei -- was shot in the throat in front of his daughter's kindergarten in Tehran on July 23. The attackers fled on motorcycle. Iran said Rezaei was a student, not a nuclear weapons expert, but the Associated Press reported last week that international sources confirmed he was indeed involved with the country's nuclear weapons program, working specifically on a key component for detonating a nuclear bomb -- high-voltage switches.

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My Comment: For your info, Spiegel Online wrote another article earlier this year outlining Israel's "shadowy war" against Iran. That post is here.