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Ali-Mohammadi’s assassin will stand trial Tuesday: Tehran prosecutor
TEHRAN, Aug. 23(MNA)-- The session of the trial of Ali Jamali-Fashi, who assassinated nuclear physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in 2010, will be held on August 23, Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi announced on Sunday.
Ali-Mohammadi, an elementary-particle physicist, was assassinated in a bomb attack on January 12, 2010. He had just left his home when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle was detonated.
Speaking to reporters, Jafari-Dolatabadi said the defendant, who was arrested after the assassination of Ali-Mohammadi, has been charged with moharebeh (enmity against God).
According to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s penal codes, which is based on Shia Islamic law, any attempt to undermine national security would be regarded as an instance of moharebeh, which carries death penalty.
“The defendant had travelled to Israel to receive training from Mossad and had agreed to assassinate Dr. Ali-Mohammadi in return for 120,000 dollars,” Jafari-Dolatabadi explained.
The trial of the defendant will shed light on the Zionist regimes’ involvement in terrorist attacks against the Iranian people, he said.
Indictments to be issued against 15 spies
Elsewhere in his remarks, the prosecutor general announced that indictments against 15 people who had connections with an Israeli spy network will be issued within 10 days.
Malekzadeh not in solitary confinement
Jafari-Dolatabadi also dismissed news reports claiming that Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh is being held in solitary confinement.
The investigation of Malekzadeh’s case is ongoing, he added.
Malekzadeh, the secretary general of the High Council of Iranians Abroad, was arrested on charges of financial corruption on June 23.
Ali-Mohammadi, an elementary-particle physicist, was assassinated in a bomb attack on January 12, 2010. He had just left his home when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle was detonated.
Speaking to reporters, Jafari-Dolatabadi said the defendant, who was arrested after the assassination of Ali-Mohammadi, has been charged with moharebeh (enmity against God).
According to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s penal codes, which is based on Shia Islamic law, any attempt to undermine national security would be regarded as an instance of moharebeh, which carries death penalty.
“The defendant had travelled to Israel to receive training from Mossad and had agreed to assassinate Dr. Ali-Mohammadi in return for 120,000 dollars,” Jafari-Dolatabadi explained.
The trial of the defendant will shed light on the Zionist regimes’ involvement in terrorist attacks against the Iranian people, he said.
Indictments to be issued against 15 spies
Elsewhere in his remarks, the prosecutor general announced that indictments against 15 people who had connections with an Israeli spy network will be issued within 10 days.
Malekzadeh not in solitary confinement
Jafari-Dolatabadi also dismissed news reports claiming that Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh is being held in solitary confinement.
The investigation of Malekzadeh’s case is ongoing, he added.
Malekzadeh, the secretary general of the High Council of Iranians Abroad, was arrested on charges of financial corruption on June 23.
