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Iranian Nuclear Scientist Dies
IRAN: NUCLEAR SCIENTIST DIES UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES{Not sure why they cite 'mysterious' circumstances, except the delay in announcing and lack of cause of death, but that isn't much. Still, seems like a pretty important guy to lose - and if memory serves, we lost a couple to work accidents during the Manhattan Project.} Tehran, 25 Jan. (AKI) - One of Iran's top nuclear scientists, Ardeshir Hassanpour, a professor at the university of Shiraz, has died under mysterious circumstances. Hassanpour's death was announced by Iranian state television, a week late, on Thursday. No reason was given for his death. The scientist was proclaimed the best scientist in the military field in the Islamic Republic in 2003. Hassanpour directed the centre for nuclear electromagnetic studies he had founded in 2005. He had also co-founded the center for atomic research in Isfahan, the most important in the country, Iranian state television reported. Last year, Ardeshir Hassanpour was awarded Iran's most prestigious scientific award, the Kharazmi prize. Posted by: Glenmore 2007-01-26 |
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