Iran Arrests Suspects In Killings Of Nuclear Scientists

By Palash Ghosh | June 14 2012 10:42 AM

Iran said it has made a number of arrests in connection with the murder of two Iranian nuclear scientists, alleging the suspects were spying on behalf of the “Zionist regime” (Israel).

Reuters

The U.S. and EU led sanctions have also called for a boycott of Iranian oil, in a bid to stop the country pressing ahead with its uranium enrichment program.

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A statement by Iran’s intelligence ministry failed to provide much detail about the people who were arrested.

One the scientists, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, who was killed by a car bomb blast in Tehran in January, was a prominent figure in Iran’s much-criticized uranium-enrichment program. The other scientist was Majid Shariari, who was murdered in November 2010.

Over the past two years, five Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed -- Tehran has repeatedly pointed the finger of blame at both Israel and the U.S.

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