Iran 'behind scientist killings': analysts

[Casino67]

TheAustralian.com:

A BOMBING attack on two Iranian nuclear experts, killing one, may have been a government hit designed to prevent the release of secrets, analysts claim.

As Iran openly blamed Israel and the US for the attack on Monday night (AEDT) on Majid Shahriari and Fereydoon Abbasi, the connection between the victims has raised fears that a hit squad is targeting Iranian nuclear experts.

The two scientists were attacked while they were on their way to work by men on motorcycles who had attached bombs to their cars in different parts of Tehran.

Shahriari was killed instantly. Three others, including the men's wives and a driver, were also injured.

"There must be a lot of nuclear scientists in Iran getting very worried right now," Ali Ansari, the director of the Iranian institute at the University of St Andrews, said.

Shahriari was the second nuclear scientist to be killed in Tehran this year.

[Rokke]

I guess I'm missing why Iran would kill its own nuclear scientists. If they're worried about losing secrets, I'm sure they could just lock them away somewhere and continue to pick their brains for great scientific wisdom.

[Casino67]

I guess I'm missing why Iran would kill its own nuclear scientists. If they're worried about losing secrets, I'm sure they could just lock them away somewhere and continue to pick their brains for great scientific wisdom.

 

FWIW I would credit the Mossad for the attack.