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FILE: A B-2 bomber arrives at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/David Smith)
June 24, 2025, 9:22 pm
How far did Israeli killings of Iran’s top nuclear scientists set back its program?
Israeli diplomat says it will be ‘almost’ impossible for Iran to build weapons from whatever nuclear infrastructure and material may have survived; others are less optimistic
By AP
A screenshot of Ayoob Entezari's profile on Google Scholar. (Screenshot)
June 14, 2022, 2:47 am
Iran suspects Israel killed 2 scientists by poisoning their food — report
The New York Times says Iranian officials suspect Israel targeted engineer Ayoob Entezari, geologist Kamran Aghamolaei, who died under similar circumstances several weeks ago
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Ayoob Entezari. (Photo used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 5, 2022, 5:06 pm
Report claims Iranian scientist was deliberately poisoned, assassin has fled country
Iranian opposition outlet says Ayoob Entezari, who worked on missiles and drones, died last week after attending a dinner party, the host of which has since fled
By ToI Staff
A flyer during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Brussels for Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian academic detained in Tehran, February 13, 2017. (DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP)
May 16, 2022, 3:18 pm
Iran to consider postponing death sentence of academic convicted of aiding Israel
Ahmedreza Djalali was arrested during visit to Islamic Republic in 2016, with Tehran claiming he helped Mossad in assassination of two nuclear scientists
By AFP
Illustrative: A medic disinfects the hands of colleague against the coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2020 (Koosha Mahshid Falahi/Mizan News Agency via AP)
November 28, 2020, 5:42 pm
Iran claims slain nuclear scientist was working on virus detection kit, vaccine
Following assassination of physicist, officials in Tehran assert ‘dear unassuming scientist’ was involved in various important projects on virus and military defense
By ToI Staff
Participants listen to a speaker during the Mustafa scientific award ceremony in Tehran, Iran, November 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 11, 2019, 3:07 pm
Iran awards prestigious prize to 2 US-educated scientists
Mustafa prize, established in 2015 as part of Tehran’s push to boost its international scientific profile, goes to professors from UCLA and Stanford
By AP
A rally at the Iranian embassy in Brussels, in support of Ahmadreza Djalali, after Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed to the Iranian-born Swedish resident and specialist in emergency medicine, on December 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Belga/Virginie Lefour)
December 25, 2017, 1:52 pm
Iran approves death penalty for researcher accused of spying for Israel
Supreme Court confirms sentence of Ahmadreza Djalali, accused of giving Mossad information that led to assassination of Iranian scientists
By Agencies
Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi at the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 2, 2015. (Ronald Zak/AP)
March 11, 2017, 12:33 am
Iran UN envoy says Israel behind assassinations of nuclear scientists
Reza Najafi accuses world of turning blind eye to Jewish state’s violations of international treaties
By ToI Staff
A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on October 26, 2010. (AP/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
December 3, 2015, 1:09 am
UN: Iran worked on developing nuclear weapons
Netanyahu urges IAEA to deepen its investigation; US says report meets conditions of nuclear deal
By George Jahn
A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on October 26, 2010. (AP/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
December 2, 2015, 8:34 pm
UN: Iran worked on nukes until at least 2003; no proof it did so after 2009
IAEA report comes after Tehran warns it won’t implement key parts of nuclear deal unless ‘possible military dimensions’ file is closed
By AP and AFP
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Scientists there constructed a replica Iranian nuclear facility to better calculate Iran's capabilities. (Photo credit: US Geological Survey)
April 23, 2015, 10:43 am
In Tennessee, a mock Iranian nuke facility tests breakout time
US scientists provide information to negotiators on Tehran’s program, based on a replica, the New York Times reports
By Judah Ari Gross
Irwin Cotler speaks in Stockholm (photo credit: Screenshot, courtesy)
October 12, 2014, 1:09 am
Irwin Cotler calls for end to ‘wave of executions’ in Iran
Prominent Jewish Canadian parliamentarian asks House to join him in decrying prosecution of political prisoners
By Lazar Berman
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on June 14, 2014 (Photo credit: Atta Kenare/AFP)
September 2, 2014, 6:45 am
Rouhani urges greater internet freedom in Iran
President calls on clerics not to shun new technology, for the sake of the nation’s young generation
By ToI Staff and AP
Masoud Ali-Mohammadi, an Iranian physicist assassinated in 2010 (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)
March 3, 2014, 4:11 am
US said to have urged Israel to halt Iran killings
According to CBS report, Obama administration pressured Mossad to stop assassinating scientists
By JTA
Iranian technicians work at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in 2010 (photo credit: AP/IIPA, Ebrahim Norouzi)
From the WebMarch 2, 2014, 6:38 am
US pushes Israel to stop killing Iranian nuclear scientists
Compounding pressure from Washington is the Mossad’s fear that its top spies could be captured and hanged, CBS reports
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