Iran blames U.S., Israel for assassination of Iranian scientist

2011-07-25 04:09:30 GMT+7 (ICT)

TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iranian officials on Sunday blamed the United States and Israel for the assassination of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed yesterday.

Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani condemned the assassination of the Iranian university professor Daryoush Rezaie and called it a "U.S.- Zionist terrorist act", according to Press TV.

"Yesterday's U.S.-Zionist terrorist act that targeted one of the elites of Iran is another instance demonstrating the U.S.'s hostility (toward Iran)," Larijani said. "Thus, the United States regards as allowable such (terrorist) acts in its sham global management."

Members of the Iranian parliament also condemned the killing of Rezaie and criticized the U.S. and Israel's support for anti-Iran terrorists, Fars news agency reported. A statement signed by 200 members said that the recent criminal acts once again showed that "the U.S. and the Zionist regime are disappointed at all the various methods they have used for striking the Islamic Republic of Iran", and are desperately resorting to unfair acts.

"Yet", the Iranian lawmakers said, "the Iranian nation will not leave the scene" in the face of such desperate actions.

Rezaie, 35, was killed in front of his house in eastern Tehran on Saturday afternoon by two unknown assailants who were riding a motorcycle. His wife was also injured during the attack and was immediately transferred to hospital.

They were on their way to their child's kindergarten when they were approached by the two men. The gunmen called him by name and shot the scientist in the neck when he turned around.

No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.

On November 29, 2010, two other Iranian academics became the target of terrorist attacks. Unidentified terrorists detonated bombs in the vehicles of Dr. Majid Shahriari and Professor Fereydoun Abbasi in separate locations in Tehran. Shahriari was killed immediately, but Abbasi and his wife sustained injuries.

Iran blamed the national intelligence agencies of Israel, United Kingdom and the United States for those attacks.

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