Mysterious
death of Iran’s top scientist
By arrangement with AKI
01/26/07 "Asian
Age" -- -- Tehran, Jan. 26: 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. Ardeshir Hassanpour had also co-founded
the centre 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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