From today’s Iran News Round Up (as always, free for anyone that requests AEI provide it to them):

o Professor of Physics at Tehran University, was assassinated in his home after a remote controlled explosive device was thrown through the windows of his private home in Tehran.

§ Tabnak reports Mohammadi was assassinated as he left his home.

o Ramin Mehmanparast, Foreign Ministry spokesman, accuses “Zionist elements and mercenaries of the United States” for assassination.

o Mohammad Javad Larijani says the assassination is a sign of “maturity” of Iranian scientists and “weakness of the enemies.”

o TV coverage: Channel 1; Press TV.

o Fars News Agency says Iran Monarchist Association claims responsibility.

§ Iran Monarchist Association denies.

o Fars News Agency’s interviews a former student who depicts the professor as a war veteran with close relations with the Revolutionary Guards.

§ JARAS News reports that Masoud Mohammadi had signed an online declaration of support for Mir-Hossein Mousavi.