Oh Dear, An Iranian Nuclear Scientist Off'd

[Annie]

Could it be???

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21170999-2703,00.html

Mossad 'hit' on Iranian nuke scientist

* Sarah Baxter, Washington
* February 05, 2007

THE Israeli spy agency Mossad is suspected of assassinating a prize-winning Iranian atomic scientist as Tehran snubs the West and comes close to realising its nuclear ambitions.
Radio Farda, which is funded bythe US State Department andbroadcasts to Iran, said thescientist, Ardeshire Hassanpour, had died in "mysterious circumstances".

An intelligence source suggested that Hassanpour, 44, a nuclear physicist, had been assassinated by Mossad. Hassanpour worked at a plant in Isfahan where uranium hexafluoride gas is produced. The gas is needed to enrich uranium in another plant at Natanz, which has become the focus of concerns that Iran may be developing nuclear weapons.

According to Radio Farda, Iranian reports of Hassanpour's death emerged on January 21 after a delay of six days, giving the cause as "gas poisoning".

The Iranian reports did not say how or where Hassanpour was poisoned but his death was said to have been announced at a conference on nuclear safety.

Rheva Bhalla of US intelligence company Stratfor claimed at the weekend that Hassanpour had been targeted by Mossad and that there was "very strong intelligence" to suggest he had been assassinated by the Israelis, who have repeatedly threatened to prevent Iran acquiring the bomb. ...