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Iran arrests alleged assassins of nuclear scientists

Iranian security forces have arrested the alleged assassins of thee nuclear scientists, an official state news agency reported.
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June 14, 2012

Iranian security forces have arrested the alleged assassins of thee nuclear scientists, an official state news agency reported.

The Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced the arrests in a statement Thursday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran’s official news agency. The arrests were made “in various regions and through timely and blitz operations,” the statement said.

Details of the arrest would be made public, the statement said, “after lapse of security precaution.”

At least five nuclear scientists have been assassinated in the last two years. Iranian officials have said they believe that Israel and its Mossad intelligence agency were behind the killings.

In May, Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel and assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist. Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was sentenced to death in August 2010 for the murder of Ali Mohammadi, a particle physics professor at Tehran University killed by a remote-controlled bomb in a January 2010 attack.

In April, more than 15 Iranian and foreign nationals reportedly were arrested for carrying out alleged terrorist missions for Israel in Iran, according to IRNA. The group was accused of spying for Israel, the attempted assassination of an Iranian expert and sabotage.

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