Tehran, 25 Jan. 2007 - One of Iran's top nuclear scientists, Ardeshir Hassanpour, a professor at the university of Shiraz, has died under mysterious circumstances. Hassanpour's death was announced by Iranian state television, a week late, on Thursday. No reason was given for his death. The scientist was proclaimed the best scientist in the military field in the Islamic Republic in 2003. Hassanpour directed the centre for nuclear electromagnetic studies he had founded in 2005.
He had also co-founded the center for atomic research in Isfahan, the most important in the country, Iranian state television reported. Last year, Ardeshir Hassanpour was awarded Iran's most prestigious scientific award, the Kharazmi prize.
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Iran: 130 People Arrested In Baluchistan
Tehran, 25 Jan. 2007 - Iranian state television announced on Thursday that 130 people were arrested in the Baluchistan region, on the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan. Government sources said those arrested were all drug dealers and smugglers but a spokesperson for the Baluchistan United Front, which wants to establish a federal democratic republic in Iran, claimed that at least 70 of those arrested were separatist activists.
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Iran Nuclear: Symphony To Mark 'Atomic Festival'
Tehran, 25 Jan. 2007 - Tehran's symphonic orchestra will perform for the first time on 11 February the 'nuclear symphony' commissioned by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to celebrate Iran's nuclear programme. The concert will mark celebrations for the anniversary of the Iranian revolution in 1979. The event - hailed by Ahmadinejad as the 'nuclear celebrations' - will be held at the Azadi square, the largest in Tehran, and will be attended by Iran's top authorities as well as foreign guests whose identity had yet to be revealed.
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Wondering if the nuclear scientist was tipping off the West and got caught?
Re the scientist - article snippet: "Last year, Ardeshir Hassanpour was awarded Iran's most prestigious scientific award, the Kharazmi prize."
I wonder what the scientist was working on before he died.