Bushehr delayed again

The opening of the Bushehr nuclear power plant has been delayed once again. Maybe even the Russians have realized that allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons is a danger to the world? (Hat Tip: Challah Hu Akhbar). The reformist Aftab daily on Monday quotes Asgar Jalalian, a member of the parliament's special committee on the plant, as saying that Iran has already paid at least twice the expected

Report: Mossad behind Iran nuke scientist's death

I've written twice about the premature death of Iranian nuclear scientist Darioush Rezaie two weeks ago. Now Germany's Der Spiegel has come out and blamed the Mossad. "Israel is not responding," Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said earlier this week when asked if his country had been involved in the latest slaying of an Iranian nuclear scientist. It didn't exactly sound like a denial, and

Iranian nuclear scientist was expert on triggering nuclear warheads

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.This post is being written on Friday afternoon. Posting will be a bit sporadic on Saturday night, I have work to do and I will be spending the night sleeping in an isolation room with a friend's son who is undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Please pray for Moshe Aharon ben Leah Tzipora.Remember the Iranian scientist who was shot on Sunday? He was described

Iran blaming US and Israel for death of nuclear scientist

I wrote immediately that Darioush Rezaie was a nuclear scientist, even though the sources from which I got the story seemed to be in doubt. This ought to be all the proof we need that Rezaie was a nuclear scientist: Iran is blaming the US and Israel for his death. Darioush Rezaie, 35, a university lecturer with a physics doctorate, was shot dead by a motorcyclist in Tehran on Saturday. The

Iranian nuclear scientist shot dead by motorcyclist

Another Iranian nuclear scientist has been shot dead on the streets of Tehran. ISNA named the scientist as Darioush Rezaie, 35, a university teacher who held a PhD in physics. It was not clear whether he was part of Iran's nuclear enrichment program. Enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear purposes, but also to build atomic bombs."An Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated in front

Iran claims to have shot down US spy plane

Iran claims to have shot down a US spy plane over its Fordu uranium enrichment site near the 'holy city' of Qom. "An unmanned US spy plane flying over the holy city of Qom near the uranium enrichment Fordu site was shot down by the Revolutionary Guards' air defense units," MP Ali Aghazadeh Dafsari was quoted as saying by the Youth Journalists Club, affiliated to Iran's state TV."The plane ...