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The recent assassination of physicist Masoud Ali Mohammadi in Tehran was baffling even by Iranian standards. The regime claims he was murdered by foreign agents, while some observers think he may have been killed to warn other opposition supporters.
University lecturer Massoud Ali Mohammadi was assassinated in Tehran on January 12. The motive behind the murder remains mysterious.
Foto: AFP/ Fars News
His funeral on Jan. 14 was no less bizarre. Around half of the roughly 1,000 mourners were thought to belong to the opposition. And yet the body was carried by members of the Revolutionary Guard, who are staunchly loyal to the system.
Foto: Abedin Taherkenareh/ dpa
Iranian firefighters clean up the scene of the bombing. The assassination could have been meant as a warning to those who might be tempted to step out of line.
Foto: Str/ picture alliance / dpa
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