A US official has rejected Iranian accusations that the United States had a hand in an explosion which killed a Tehran University nuclear scientist, calling the allgation absurd.
The scientist, Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, a particle physics professor at the prestigious Tehran University, was killed by a remote controlled bomb, according to Iranian state media. After the incident, Irans foreign ministry laid the blame on mercenaries from Israel and the United States.
"One can see in preliminary investigations signs of evilness by the triangle of the Zionist regime, America and their mercenaries in Iran in this terrorist incident," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.
Tehran's chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, echoed his words, implicating US and Israeli intelligence services.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a US State Department official decried the accusations, saying "Charges of US involvement are absurd".
The killing comes amid an increasingly bitter standoff between Iran and other world powers over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme, which the West suspects is intended for creating nuclear weapons.
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