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207097
Wed, 09/14/2011 - 14:08
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Envoy Terms Assassination of Iranian Scientists as "N. Terrorism"
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's residing Representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh described protection of nuclear scientists from terrorist attacks as part of the UN agency's undertakings in line with nuclear safety, and called on the UN nuclear watchdog to adopt powerful measures to prevent assassination of nuclear scientists.
Addressing a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna on Tuesday evening, Soltaniyeh called assassination of nuclear scientists as "an ugly and unprecedented phenomenon", and stated, "This is, no doubt, a form of nuclear terrorism and is defined within the framework of nuclear safety which pertains to the IAEA undertakings."
He asked the IAEA to take urgent measures to stop such crimes against humanity and against the context of the IAEA statute that seeks encouraging use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The Iranian diplomat further reiterated that Iran is a major victim of terrorism and has lost hundreds of its innocent civilians during the last 32 years (after the victory of the Islamic Revolution).
Iran's young scientist, Daryoush Rezayeenejad, a brilliant post graduate student in the field of Power and Electronics, was gunned down late in July in the country's capital city of Tehran by two unknown terrorists.
On November 29, 2010, two other Iranian academics became the target of terrorist attacks.
Terrorists detonated bombs in the vehicles of Dr. Majid Shahriari and Professor Fereidoon Abbasi in separate locations in Tehran. Shahriari was killed immediately but Abbasi and his wife sustained injuries.
Later, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced that Mossad, CIA and MI6 spy agencies played a role in those attacks.
Also in January 2010, Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, was assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran.
Addressing a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna on Tuesday evening, Soltaniyeh called assassination of nuclear scientists as "an ugly and unprecedented phenomenon", and stated, "This is, no doubt, a form of nuclear terrorism and is defined within the framework of nuclear safety which pertains to the IAEA undertakings."
He asked the IAEA to take urgent measures to stop such crimes against humanity and against the context of the IAEA statute that seeks encouraging use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The Iranian diplomat further reiterated that Iran is a major victim of terrorism and has lost hundreds of its innocent civilians during the last 32 years (after the victory of the Islamic Revolution).
Iran's young scientist, Daryoush Rezayeenejad, a brilliant post graduate student in the field of Power and Electronics, was gunned down late in July in the country's capital city of Tehran by two unknown terrorists.
On November 29, 2010, two other Iranian academics became the target of terrorist attacks.
Terrorists detonated bombs in the vehicles of Dr. Majid Shahriari and Professor Fereidoon Abbasi in separate locations in Tehran. Shahriari was killed immediately but Abbasi and his wife sustained injuries.
Later, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced that Mossad, CIA and MI6 spy agencies played a role in those attacks.
Also in January 2010, Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, was assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran.
