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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 03:31 PM
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Man pleads guilty to assassinating Iranian nuclear scientist
Source: The Guardian

A man accused by Iran of carrying out an assassination "sponsored and designed by Israel" has pleaded guilty to the murder of an Iranian "nuclear scientist".

According to Iranian media, Majid Jamali-Fashi, 26, admitted killing Masoud Ali-Mohammadi, a particle physicist who Iran says was involved in the country's nuclear programme,

Jamali-Fashi confessed to having attached a remote-control bomb to a motorcycle parked on the street, which detonated and killed Ali-Mohammadi while he was leaving home for work in January 2010.

But seasoned observers questioned whether it was a show trial intended to cover-up Iran's embarrassment over its failure to protect its nuclear scientists.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/23/iran-nuclear-scientist-assassination-trial
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