At that time, Iranian media said his murder was an attempt to thwart the then Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, although Mohammadi was not known to be assisting in Iran`s nuclear work. In November 2010, two separate bomb attacks also killed one nuclear scientist and wounded another in the Iranian capital Tehran.
In 2011, a blast was reported at the Iran`s Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Modarres Garrison west of Tehran killing 17 soldiers. Iranian officials said at the time that the blast was an accidental explosion at the ammunition depot.
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