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Iranian dissident killed by Lebanese, Arab hitman

 
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:28 pm    Post subject: Iranian dissident killed by Lebanese, Arab hitman Reply with quote

From The Sunday Times January 17, 2010

Iranian dissident Masoud Ali Mohammadi �killed by Arab hitman�
Masoud Ali Mohammadi
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Recommend? (5) An Iranian university professor killed last week by a blast from a remote-controlled bomb strapped to a parked motorcycle may have been the victim of an Arab hitman, according to opposition groups.

The murder of Masoud Ali Mohammadi, 50, a supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader, has been blamed by the Tehran regime on �mercenaries� financed by Israel and Washington because of his role as a nuclear physicist.

However, opposition groups who monitor Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese movement, in Tehran, claim that a member of the group, known by his pseudonym �Abu Nasser�, was photographed at the scene of the explosion in Tehran�s affluent Gheytarih suburb.

A German-based opposition group released a photograph of a man of similar appearance who, it alleges, was one of the pro-regime demonstrators who stormed Mousavi�s office in Tehran after disputed presidential elections last June.

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The opposition claims the Revolutionary Guard uses Hezbollah operatives for some bloodthirsty tasks because they have a reputation for ruthlessness, and are outsiders and can always be blamed as opposition sympathisers.

Tehran has gone to great lengths to suggest that Mohammadi was killed because he was a nuclear scientist, implying that he was part of Iran�s programme to develop nuclear weapons.

However, Majid Mohammadi, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook University, New York, and also a friend, said: �He was not a nuclear physicist. He was just a physicist. I believe the Iranian [official] media highlight this word �nuclear� to imply he was killed by the Israelis or Americans.�

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Iranian dissident Masoud Ali Mohammadi �killed by Arab hitman�
Masoud Ali Mohammadi
Image :1 of 3
Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv 1 Comment
Recommend? (5) An Iranian university professor killed last week by a blast from a remote-controlled bomb strapped to a parked motorcycle may have been the victim of an Arab hitman, according to opposition groups.

The murder of Masoud Ali Mohammadi, 50, a supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader, has been blamed by the Tehran regime on �mercenaries� financed by Israel and Washington because of his role as a nuclear physicist.

However, opposition groups who monitor Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese movement, in Tehran, claim that a member of the group, known by his pseudonym �Abu Nasser�, was photographed at the scene of the explosion in Tehran�s affluent Gheytarih suburb.

A German-based opposition group released a photograph of a man of similar appearance who, it alleges, was one of the pro-regime demonstrators who stormed Mousavi�s office in Tehran after disputed presidential elections last June.

Related Links
Iran regime hijacks nuclear scientist's funeral
Death of scientist could lead to crackdown
The opposition claims the Revolutionary Guard uses Hezbollah operatives for some bloodthirsty tasks because they have a reputation for ruthlessness, and are outsiders and can always be blamed as opposition sympathisers.

Tehran has gone to great lengths to suggest that Mohammadi was killed because he was a nuclear scientist, implying that he was part of Iran�s programme to develop nuclear weapons.

However, Majid Mohammadi, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook University, New York, and also a friend, said: �He was not a nuclear physicist. He was just a physicist. I believe the Iranian [official] media highlight this word �nuclear� to imply he was killed by the Israelis or Americans.�

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adventuer: can you not start by summarizing the thing in three or four salient points?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gopher wrote:
Adventuer: can you not start by summarizing the thing in three or four salient points?


Yes, it appears that the Iranian Opposition is saying that their Iranian rivals are using Lebanese agents against them, and that this man was not killed by Israel, but rather by one of their mercenaries. Frankly, I don't believe Israel got the man. I didn't believe it when I heard the claim.

Israel does have a wide reach, but it's so easy to always claim Israel did this or that.
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