TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A nuclear physics professor who publicly backed
opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in the June presidential
election was killed Tuesday when a bomb-rigged motorcycle blew up
outside his home.
State media identified the victim as Masoud Ali Mohammadi, a professor
at Tehran University, which has been at the center of recent protests
by student opposition supporters. Before the election, pro-reform
websites published Mohammadi's name among a list of 240 university
teachers who supported Mousavi.
The government blamed the attack Tuesday on an armed Iranian
opposition group under the direction of Israel and the U.S.
Hard-line government supporters called at recent street rallies for
the execution of the opposition leaders.
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