国际英语新闻：Iran accuses West, Israel for assassinating nuclear scientist

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iranian officials on Monday accused the West and Israel for assassination attempts on two Iranian nuclear scientists.

In two separate terrorist acts in northern Tehran early Monday, Iranian nuclear scientist Dr. Majid Shahriari was killed and Dr. Fereidoon Abbasi was wounded when they were driving to work.

"Dr. Majid Shahriari was martyred and his wife was wounded and (in another attack) Dr. Fereidoon Abbasi and his wife were wounded, " according to the state IRIB TV.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the reporters in a press conference on Monday that "Western countries and Israeli regime are behind the terror attack on two Iranian university professors."

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a press conference in Tehran, capital of Iran, Nov 29, 2010. Ahmadinejad said Monday that West and Israel were behind the terror attack on two Iranian scientists.

Ahmadinejad called on security officials to deal with the issue urgently to find out the perpetrators of the attacks.

Iranian Interior Minister on Monday accused the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services of assassinating its nuclear scientist. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said that the CIA and Mossad have always been the enemies of Iran. "They want to block our nation's scientific progress," IRIB quoted Mohammad Najjar as saying.

The desperate and terrorist act of the enemies against the scientists on Monday are the embodiment of their weakness and inferiority, said the top security official.

Also the professors from Iran's Shahid Beheshti University, Dr. Shahriari and Dr. Abbasi were the members of Iran Nuclear Association.

Shahriari was also a member of the scientific board of Nuclear Engineering Faculty of Shahid Beheshti University, said the local mashreghnews website. Abbasi was a member of the scientific board and dean of Physics Faculty in Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ( IRCG)'s Imam Hossein University as well, said the website.