Iran steps up security for nuclear scientists

Assailants attached bombs to the cars of two senior scientists in Iran’s nuclear programme on Monday,killing one of them,Majid Shahriari,and wounding the other,Fereydoon Abbasi Davani. Three other people were wounded.

“Dr Shahriari was not alone as he was with his security detail,” Salehi said. “But the evil methods that enemies employ are unpredictable.”

Tehran has blamed the attacks on the United States and Israel,which accuse Iran seeking to make nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian programme. Tehran denies the charge.

“Since last year,we put under protection… hundreds of our scientists and experts working in the nuclear field,” Salehi said.

In January,another Iranian nuclear scientist,Masoud Ali Mohammadi,was killed in a bomb attack which Tehran blamed on “mercenaries” in the pay of Israel and the US.