Iranian Nuclear Scientist Murdered

(Tehran, Iran) A 35-year-old nuclear scientist, Darioush Rezaie, was killed earlier today by a gunman riding by his house on a motorcycle.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Several nuclear scientists have been assassinated in Iran in the past few years, and in November one Iranian scientist was killed and one was wounded in Tehran.

Iranian officials and media have blamed Israel, which Tehran calls "the Zionist regime", and the United States for the killings.

Rezaie's wife was wounded during the attack.