Iranian Scientist, Hezbollah Commander Assassinated through Same Method

November 30, 2010

TEHRAN (FNA)-

 Iranian university professor Majid Shahriari, who was killed in Tehran yesterday, was assassinated through the very same method used for the assassination of Hezbollah's slain commander Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus two years ago, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Tuesday.

"Based on investigations, the method used for the assassination of martyr Shahriari was the same method used for the assassination of martyr Mughniyeh," Head of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi told reporters.

Mughniyeh was killed on February 12, 2008 by a car bomb in the Kfar Suseh neighborhood of Damascus, the capital city of Syria. Hezbollah blamed Tel Aviv for assassinating the commander.

Lebanese political analysts believe that the terrorist blast had been arranged by the Israeli intelligence squad, Mossad.

Boroujerdi further underlined the terrorist nature of the Zionist regime of Israel, and accused the regime of assassinating Iranian lecturers and scientists.

Meantime, the lawmaker said that his commission has held a meeting with officials from the Ministry of Intelligence, the Iranian Law Enforcement Police and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to study the recent terrorist attacks in Tehran.

On Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the Zionist regime and certain western countries responsible for the assassination of Iranian university professors Fereidoon Abbasi Davani and Majid Shahriari in Tehran yesterday morning, but meantime underlined that such criminal acts can never hinder Iran's progress.

"The western governments and the Zionist regime have a hand in the assassination of the two Iranian university professors," Ahmadinejad said at a press conference here in Tehran on Monday.

Abbasi Davani and Shahriari were assassinated in separate terrorist bomb attacks here in Tehran on Monday morning with the latter killed immediately after the blast.

Spokesman Blames West for Involvement in Assassination of Iranian Scientists

November 30, 2010

TEHRAN (FNA)-

The Iranian Foreign Ministry took the Zionist regime and certain western countries responsible for the assassination of Iranian university professors Fereidoon Abbasi Davani and Majid Shahriari in Tehran on Monday, but meantime, stressed that such criminal acts cannot hinder the country's progress.

"The main culprits in such assassinations are the western countries which claim to support the human rights and use the human rights as a political tool to put pressure on (the other) countries," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said at a press conference here in Tehran on Tuesday.

Mehman-Parast explained that while the western countries chant slogans in support of democracy and human rights, they provide support and shelter terrorist groups, and said this is the biggest contradiction seen in the words and deeds of the western states.

And the world public opinion is aware of such contradictory and double-standard attitudes, he continued.

Asked if Iran possesses any document proving involvement of the Zionist regime in the Monday assassination of the Iranian scientists, he said that the precise information and documents on the issue will be revealed to the public after further investigations, although the Iranian nation and regional countries are well aware of the Zionist regime's role and crimes.

Meantime, Mehman-Parast underlined that those countries which cannot bear Iran's progress and prosperity should know that such assassinations and threats cannot hinder the country's resolve towards progress.

Abbasi Davani and Shahriari were assassinated in separate terrorist bomb attacks here in Tehran on Monday morning with the latter killed immediately after the blast.

Initial investigations revealed that terrorists had planted bombs on the teachers' vehicles and blasted their cars at 7:45 a.m. (0415 GMT).

Another Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, was also assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran in January.

The bomb which killed Ali Mohammadi had been planted on a motorcycle outside his home in Tehran's Northern neighborhood of Qeytariyeh.

After the assassination, President Ahmadinejad said that the Zionist regime of Israel was responsible for the terrorist attack on Ali Mohammadi.

The report of experts on the scene of the explosion said that the assassination had been conducted in the method used by the Zionists, Ahmadinejad said at the time.

Minister: Assassination of Elites Signifies Enemy's Fear of Iran's Progress

November 30, 2010

TEHRAN (FNA)-

 Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said that increased assassinations and terror attacks on Iranian elites and scientists indicate that enemies are fearful of the country's scientific progress.

"Assassination of the Iranian scientists by enemies indicates a fear of the country's progress towards independence," Najjar said, speaking to reporters in Iran's Northern provincial capital city of Sari on Tuesday.

He blamed Zionist-affiliated elements for the recent attacks on the lives of the Iranian university professors, and stressed that the moves are aimed at undermining the Iranian youths' further advancement on the path of development.

Meantime, Najjar stressed that the Zionists and the world arrogant powers, including the US and a number of the European countries, have repeatedly acknowledged Iran's rapid move towards progress.

"Hence, they are trying to stop this move (of Iran) through threats," the Iranian minister noted.

The remarks by Najjar came a day after Two Iranian university professors Fereidoon Abbasi Davani and Majid Shahriari were assassinated in separate terrorist bomb attacks here in Tehran with the latter killed immediately after the blast.

Another Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, was also assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran in January.

Iranian officials took the Zionist regime of Israel and US hirelings inside Iran responsible for the terrorist operation.