New Delhi: Mojtaba Ahmadi, commander of Iran's Cyber War
Headquarters, has been shot dead in a suspected assassination. Reports claimed
that Ahmadi was found dead in near the town of Karaj, north-west of the
capital, Tehran.
Israel's external intelligence agency, the Mossad, has been
accused of carrying out this assassination. Iran is the past has also accused
Israel of carrying out assassinations of scientists who were working for
Tehran's nuclear program.
Citing Alborz, a website linked to the Revolutionary
Guard Corps, The Telegraph reported, "Ahmadi was last seen leaving his home
for work on Saturday. He was later found with two bullets in the heart."
Quoting an eyewitness, the website further reported, "I
could see two bullet wounds on his body and the extent of his injuries
indicated that he had been assassinated from a close range with a pistol.
"
Mojtaba Ahmadi's demise was later confirmed by the Facebook page of the
officers of the Cyber War Headquarters. Since 2007, 5 Iranian nuclear
scientists and the head of the country's ballistic missile programme have been
reportedly assassinated in Iran.
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