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Murdered Iranian Physicist Not Tied to Iranian Nuclear Project

C.I. — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:05:04 +0000

JAN. 13 – In the wake of Tuesday’s murder of an Iranian physicist in Tehran, several interesting details about Massoud Ali Mohammadi have emerged.

The Washington Post reports that Ali Mohammadi was involved in a regional project that included Israelis but was not connected to nuclear physics. Michael Ledeen writes that Ali Mohammadi was not involved in Iran’s secret nuclear weapons project. In fact, the scientist had opposition links, according to the Telegraph (UK).

Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Nuclear Program: ‘We Won’t Back Down’

C.I. — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:19:15 +0000

JAN. 9- AFP reports on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s defiant declaration, today, broadcast live on Iranian state television, that his country will not back down “one iota” in the face of international pressures over its nuclear program.

NY Times: ‘Iran Shielding Nuclear Efforts in Maze of Tunnels’

C.I. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:30:12 +0000

JAN. 6 – The New York Times’ William J. Broad is reporting, this morning, that Iran has for the last decade “quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country.”