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Iran says it has evidence of U.S. involvement in scientist's killing
January 14, 2012 - 15:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian state television said on Saturday, Jan 14,
Tehran had evidence Washington was behind the latest assassination of
one of its nuclear scientists, Reuters reports.
In the fifth attack of its kind in two years, a magnetic bomb was
attached to the door of 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan's car during
the Wednesday morning rush-hour in the capital. His driver was also
killed.
The United States has denied involvement in the killing and condemned
it. Israel has declined to comment.
"We have reliable documents and evidence that this terrorist act was
planned, guided and supported by the CIA," the Iranian foreign
ministry said in a letter handed to the Swiss ambassador in Tehran,
state TV said.
"The documents clearly show that this terrorist act was carried out
with the direct involvement of CIA-linked agents."
The Swiss Embassy has represented U.S. interests in Iran since Tehran
and Washington cut diplomatic ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic
revolution.
State TV said a "letter of condemnation" had also been sent to the
British government, saying the killing of Iranian nuclear scientists
had "started exactly after the British official John Sawers declared
the beginning of intelligence operations against Iran."
In 2010, chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service Sawers said
one of the agency's roles was to investigate efforts by states to
build nuclear weapons in violation of their international legal
obligations and identify ways to slow down their access to vital
materials and technology.
Tehran has urged the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon to condemn the latest killing, which Tehran says is aimed at
undermining its nuclear work, which the West and Israel say is aimed
at building bombs. Tehran says its nuclear program is purely civilian.
Tension has mounted between Iran and the West as the United States and
European Union prepare measures aimed at imposing sanctions on the
Iran's oil exports, its economic lifeblood. The United States and
Israel have not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to
resolve the nuclear dispute.
January 14, 2012 - 15:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian state television said on Saturday, Jan 14,
Tehran had evidence Washington was behind the latest assassination of
one of its nuclear scientists, Reuters reports.
In the fifth attack of its kind in two years, a magnetic bomb was
attached to the door of 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan's car during
the Wednesday morning rush-hour in the capital. His driver was also
killed.
The United States has denied involvement in the killing and condemned
it. Israel has declined to comment.
"We have reliable documents and evidence that this terrorist act was
planned, guided and supported by the CIA," the Iranian foreign
ministry said in a letter handed to the Swiss ambassador in Tehran,
state TV said.
"The documents clearly show that this terrorist act was carried out
with the direct involvement of CIA-linked agents."
The Swiss Embassy has represented U.S. interests in Iran since Tehran
and Washington cut diplomatic ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic
revolution.
State TV said a "letter of condemnation" had also been sent to the
British government, saying the killing of Iranian nuclear scientists
had "started exactly after the British official John Sawers declared
the beginning of intelligence operations against Iran."
In 2010, chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service Sawers said
one of the agency's roles was to investigate efforts by states to
build nuclear weapons in violation of their international legal
obligations and identify ways to slow down their access to vital
materials and technology.
Tehran has urged the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon to condemn the latest killing, which Tehran says is aimed at
undermining its nuclear work, which the West and Israel say is aimed
at building bombs. Tehran says its nuclear program is purely civilian.
Tension has mounted between Iran and the West as the United States and
European Union prepare measures aimed at imposing sanctions on the
Iran's oil exports, its economic lifeblood. The United States and
Israel have not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to
resolve the nuclear dispute.