伊朗昨日指责美国和以色列杀死该国核科学家马苏德•阿里•穆罕默迪(Massoud Ali Mohammadi)。这名科学家在他位于德黑兰的住所外被一枚遥控炸弹炸死。
Iran yesterday blamed the US and Israel for the killing of a nuclear scientist who died when a remote-controlled bomb exploded outside his home in Tehran.
穆罕默迪是德黑兰大学(Tehran University)物理学和核能教授。他是2007年以来已知的第三名身亡或失踪的伊朗核科学家。他在当地时间上午7:30被藏在一辆摩托车内的爆炸设备炸死。
Massoud Ali Mohammadi, a professor of physics and nuclear energy at Tehran University, was the third Iranian nuclear scientist known to have died or disappeared since 2007. He was killed at 7.30am by a device hidden inside a motorcycle.
伊朗外交部发言人拉明•梅赫曼帕拉斯特(Ramin Mehmanparast)说，“犹太复国主义分子”和“美国雇佣军”利用他们“收买的代理人”杀害了穆罕默迪。
Ramin Mehmanparast, foreign ministry spokesman, said that “Zionist elements” and “US mercenaries” had used their “paid agents” to carry out the killing.
梅赫曼帕拉斯特没有说明穆罕默迪是否在伊朗核计划中担任官方职务。
Mr Mehmanparast did not say whether Mr Mohammadi had had any official role in Iran's nuclear programme.
但他的话暗示了这一联系。他表示，杀害这位曾获得国家级奖励的科学家将“加快”而不是阻止伊朗核计划的进程。
But he hinted at such a connection, saying defiantly that the murder of the scientist, who had won a national award for his work, would “speed up” rather than stop the nuclear programme's progress.
美国政府称，伊朗的指责是“荒谬的”。
The White House dismissed Iran's accusations as “absurd”.
目前还没有嫌犯因此事被捕，也没有组织宣称对这次袭击负责。伊朗官方媒体将1995年以来就在德黑兰大学任教的穆罕默迪称为“烈士”和“坚定的革命教授”。
No suspects have been arrested and no specific group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The official media hailed Mr Mohammadi as a “martyr”, describing him as a “committed revolutionary professor” who had taught at Tehran University since 1995.
在去年伊朗总统选举之前，穆罕默迪似乎曾在一份请愿书上签名，支持反对派总统候选人米尔-侯赛因•穆萨维(Mir-Hossein Moussavi)与伊朗现任总统马哈茂德•艾哈迈迪-内贾德(Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad)展开竞争。有说法称，这位已故教授同情改革派，这一点（而不是他在核计划中可能担任的职务）或许可以解释他的遇害。
It appears Mr Mohammadi signed a petition before last year's presidential election endorsing Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the opposition candidate who ran against President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad. There are suggestions the late professor had reformist sympathies and this, rather than any possible role in the nuclear programme, might explain his death.