Iran says it arrested killers of nuclear scientists

Teheran's intelligence services claim to uncover wide network operating against Islamic Republic; allege Mossad, US, UK involvement.

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Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi Thursday said that Iran has arrested those responsible for killing two nuclear scientists in Teheran on Monday, PressTV reported.
Speaking in a television interview, Moslehi said that Iranian intelligence agencies have uncovered a wide network of intelligence agencies operating against Iran, according to the report.
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Moslehi announced that, "with the arrest of these people, we have found new clues to arrest other elements," PressTV reported. He alleged, "The three spy agencies of Mossad, CIA and MI6 played a role in these attacks.
Separate but identical bomb attacks killed two prominent Iranian nuclear scientists in Teheran on Monday.
Iranian state television said attackers riding on motorcycles attached bombs to the car windows of the scientists as they were driving to their workplaces.
One bomb killed Majid Shahriari, a member of the nuclear engineering faculty at the Tehran University, and wounded his wife.
The second blast killed nuclear physicist Fereidoun Abbasi.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, “Undoubtedly, the hand of the Zionist regime and Western governments is involved in the assassination."
Associated Press contributed to this report.