Dariush Rezaeinejad (February 18, 1977 – July 23, 2011) was an Iranian electrical engineering PhD student from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, who was killed in front of his home.

[6][7] In the articles presented by Rezaeinejad to the 14th, 15th and 16th Iranian Electrical Engineering Conferences, he was introduced as a researcher from Malek-Ashtar University of Technology and the title of his two articles is "Design and Construction of an Electronic Resistor as a Load with Small Inductance for a High Voltage Pulse Generator" and "Design, Manufacture and Testing of a Closing Explosive Switch".

[6][7] Der Spiegel, citing an Israeli intelligence official, announced the assassination of Rezaeinejad as the first serious action of the new head of the Mossad, Tamir Pardo.

He won the first place in scientific competitions of Ilam Province several times and was accepted in Malek-Ashtar University of Technology to study bachelor's degree of electrical engineering, power major in October 1994.

[13] United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon participated in the memorial ceremony of nuclear scientists and met their families on the sidelines of his trip to Iran in September 2012.