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Organizational structures Financing Fronting Radicalization ( online ) Training camp Death squad Clandestine cell system Leaderless resistance Lone wolf Domestic Methods Tactics Agro-terrorism Aircraft hijacking list Beheading Guillotine #Reign of Terror Islamic views Salafi Bombing Animal-borne Car list Improvised Letter Proxy Threat Bioterrorism Cyberterrorism Dry run Environmental Hostage-taking Incitement to terrorism Individual terror Insurgency Kidnapping Nuclear Paper Piracy Propaganda of the deed Shooting School Spree Stabbing Stochastic Suicide attack Country categories Rockets and mortars Urban terrorism Vehicle-ramming Relationship to states Response to terrorism v t e Between 2010 and 2012, four Iranian nuclear scientists were assassinated ( Masoud Alimohammadi , Majid Shahriari , Darioush Rezaeinejad and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan) while another scientist was wounded in an attempted murder ( Fereydoon Abbasi ). Two of the killings were carried out with magnetic bombs attached to the targets' cars; Darioush Rezaeinejad was shot dead, and Masoud Alimohammadi was killed in a motorcycle-bomb explosion.1 The Iranian government accused Israel of complicity in the killings. In 2011 and 2012, Iranian authorities arrested a number of Iranians alleged to have carried out the assassination campaign on behalf of Mossad (the Israeli intelligence service). Western intelligence services and U.S officials reportedly confirmed the Israeli connection. In June 2012, the Iranian government was confident that it had arrested all the assassins.2Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement, but Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon said: "We will act in any way and are not willing to tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran .3 We prefer that this be done by means of sanctions , but in the end, Israel should be able to defend itself." The assassination campaign was reportedly terminated in 2013 following diplomatic pressure from the United States, which was attempting to negotiate restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities. According to NBC , two US senior officials confirmed that the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) was "financed, trained, and armed by Israel" in killing Iranian nuclear scientists, although a Senior State Department Official later confirmed that they never said that the MEK was involved in the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. According to the private American intelligence agency Stratfor , a fifth Iranian scientist was poisoned by Mossad in 2007.4In 2014 the scientist's sister accused the Iranian government of involvement in her brother ' s killing. In January 2015, Iranian authorities said that they had thwarted another attempt by Mossad to assassinate an Iranian nuclear scientist. No details were provided.5 They are being murdered" . The Globe and Mail . "Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News" .6
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2010–2012, 2020 murders of five Iranian nuclear scientists Between 2010 and 2012, four Iranian nuclear scientists ( Masoud Ali-Mohammadi , Majid Shahriari , Darioush Rezaeinejad and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan) were killed in foreign-linked assassinations ; another, Fereydoon Abbasi , was wounded in an attempted murder .Shahriari and Ahmadi Roshan were killed by magnetic bombs attached to the side of their cars, while Ali-Mohammadi was killed by a motorcycle-attached bomb and Rezaeinejad was shot dead.According to the private American intelligence agency Stratfor , a fifth Iranian scientist, Ardeshir Hosseinpour , was poisoned by Mossad in 2007.The Iranian government accused Israel of complicity in the killings in order to disrupt Iran's nuclear program . In 2011 and 2012, Iranian authorities arrested a number of Iranians alleged to have carried out the assassination campaign on behalf of Mossad (the Israeli intelligence service). Western intelligence services and U.S. officials reportedly confirmed the Israeli connection. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement, but Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya'alon said: "We will act in any way and are not willing to tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran . We prefer that this be done by means of sanctions , but in the end, Israel should be able to defend itself." The assassination campaign was reportedly terminated in 2013 following diplomatic pressure from the United States, which was attempting to negotiate restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities. According to NBC , two US senior officials confirmed that the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) was "financed, trained, and armed by Israel" in killing Iranian nuclear scientists, although a Senior State Department Official later denied saying the MEK was involved in the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. They are being murdered" . The Globe and Mail . "Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News" .
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21st century assassination campaign Since 2010, multiple Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in foreign-linked assassinations .Five were killed from 2010 to 2020 by car bombings or shootings.Fereydoon Abbasi was among the scientists who survived an assassination attempt in 2010, an assassination that killed another nuclear scientist, Majid Shahriari .Abbasi was later killed on 13 June 2025 during Israeli strikes on the Iranian nuclear program . The Iranian government accused Israel of complicity in the killings in order to disrupt Iran's nuclear program . In 2011 and 2012, Iranian authorities arrested a number of Iranians alleged to have carried out the assassination campaign on behalf of Mossad (the Israeli intelligence service). Western intelligence services and U.S. officials reportedly confirmed the Israeli connection. Israel neither confirmed nor denied its role in the assassinations. Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya'alon said: "We will act in any way and are not willing to tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran . We prefer that this be done by means of sanctions , but in the end, Israel should be able to defend itself." The assassination campaign was reportedly terminated in 2013 following diplomatic pressure from the United States, which was attempting to negotiate restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities. They are being murdered" . "فوری؛ معاون سازمان انرژی اتمی ترور شد / امیرحسین فقهی که بود؟" [Urgent; Deputy Director of the Atomic Energy Organization was assassinated / Who was Amir Hossein Feqhi?] (in Persian) .Ukrainian National News (UNN) . 15 June 2025 . The Globe and Mail .
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