Anti-US chants at Iran scientist's burial
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January 14, 2012, Saturday
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THOUSANDS of mourners chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" yesterday during the funeral of a slain nuclear expert whom Iranian officials accuse the two nations of killing in a bomb blast this week as part of a secret operation to stop Iran's nuclear program.
The assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan has raised calls in Iran for retaliation against the United States and Israel, and an independent news website yesterday said Iran is preparing a covert counteroffensive against the West.
Roshan, a chemistry expert and a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, was killed in a brazen daylight assassination when two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to his car on Wednesday in Tehran. The killing bore a strong resemblance to earlier killings of scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program.
State TV showed thousands of people carrying Roshan's coffin through central Tehran before it was taken to a north cemetery for burial. As it marched, the crowd chanted "death to terrorists."
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, called Roshan's killing a "cowardly assassination" and accused the US and Israel of ordering the attack. He vowed on Thursday that the perpetrators would be punished.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denied any American role in the slaying and the US administration condemned the attack.
Israeli officials, in contrast, have hinted at covert campaigns against Iran without admitting involvement.
The assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan has raised calls in Iran for retaliation against the United States and Israel, and an independent news website yesterday said Iran is preparing a covert counteroffensive against the West.
Roshan, a chemistry expert and a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, was killed in a brazen daylight assassination when two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to his car on Wednesday in Tehran. The killing bore a strong resemblance to earlier killings of scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program.
State TV showed thousands of people carrying Roshan's coffin through central Tehran before it was taken to a north cemetery for burial. As it marched, the crowd chanted "death to terrorists."
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, called Roshan's killing a "cowardly assassination" and accused the US and Israel of ordering the attack. He vowed on Thursday that the perpetrators would be punished.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denied any American role in the slaying and the US administration condemned the attack.
Israeli officials, in contrast, have hinted at covert campaigns against Iran without admitting involvement.
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