Terrorists Unable to Achieve Goals by Assassinating Scientists

"Cowardly assassination of heroes of our scientific prowess didn't help behind-the-curtain terrorists to achieve their goals," Kana'ani wrote on Twitter on the anniversary of the assassination of Martyr Rezaeinejad in July 2011. 

"Peaceful nuclear industry of Iran owes its flourishing to Rezaeinejad & his fellows. Their blood & scientific accomplishments will be safeguarded," he added. 

Rezaeinejad was shot five times and martyred by motorcycle-riding gunmen in front of his home while he was with his wife after they picked up their daughter from kindergarten. His wife was also wounded in the attack.

Iranian nuclear scientists have been the target of the Western and Israeli spy agencies' assassination attempts in recent years.

Between 2010 and 2012, four Iranian nuclear scientists (Masoud Ali Mohammadi, Majid Shahriari, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, and Rezaeinejad) were assassinated, while another (Fereydoon Abbasi) was wounded in an attempted murder. In November 2020, another scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated near Tehran.

In June 2012, Iran announced that its intelligence forces had identified and arrested all terrorist elements behind the assassination of the country's nuclear scientists.

In a relevant development in January 2015, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that it had thwarted an attempt by the Israeli intelligence forces to assassinate an Iranian nuclear scientist.

Recently, a plot by the Israeli Mossad agency to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists was defused after security forces arrested 3 agents of the spy agency.