Majid Shahriari

Majid Shahriari (Persian: مجید شهریاری, c. 1966 – 29 November 2010)[1] was a top Iranian nuclear scientist and physicist who worked with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

He specialized in neutron transport, a phenomenon that lies at the heart of nuclear chain reactions in reactors and bombs.

His fellow nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi, a professor at Shahid Beheshti University was severely wounded.

[9] Time magazine ran an article questioning whether this action was perpetrated by Mossad (Israel's external intelligence service).

[7] According to The Daily Telegraph (UK), Israel allegedly planned to conduct covert operations against Iran,[10] including assassinations.