An Iranian academic has been killed and another university professor and his wife wounded in two separate car explosions in Tehran. Yet unknown terrorists exploded the cars of Doctor Majid Shahriari and Professor Fereydoun Abbasi in separate places on Monday morning between 7-8 a.m. local time, IRNA reported.
Shahriari was killed immediately, but Professor Abbasi and his wife received injuries and were transferred to hospital.
The two were professors at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.
Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Sajedinia said a motorcycle approached Shahriari’s car and attached a bomb to the car which exploded a few seconds later.
He added that in a separate incident terrorists this time attached another bomb to Abbasi’s car and escaped. He noted that the professor and his wife were wounded in the attack and are now in good health conditions.
The two were professors at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.
Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Sajedinia said a motorcycle approached Shahriari’s car and attached a bomb to the car which exploded a few seconds later.
He added that in a separate incident terrorists this time attached another bomb to Abbasi’s car and escaped. He noted that the professor and his wife were wounded in the attack and are now in good health conditions.
Source: Agencies