2 More Iranian Scientists Die Mysteriously, Hours Apart

JEUSALEM (VINnews) —Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that an aerospace expert died in a “car accident” while he was on a “mission” in the city of Khomein, according to a report by the semi-official news agency Tasnim Sunday.

The report said Ali Kamani, identified as a fighter of the aerospace unit, died in a car accident in the town of Khomein, southwest of the capital Tehran. The report described him as a “martyr” who died “defending the homeland during the mission.”

The report did not provide further details as to the nature of the “mission” or what led to the “car accident.”

Kamani’s death comes three weeks after the assassination of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Colonel Sayad Khodai.

Khodai was shot dead in his car by two assailants on a motorcycle in Tehran on May 22.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi vowed to avenge Khodai’s death and Iranian officials pointed to Israel being the culprit for the attack.

Iranian media reported at the time that members of an Israeli intelligence service network had been discovered and arrested by the IRGC.

Just hours later the local media reported the death of a scientist, who worked for Iranian Seamans, a producer of satellites, ballistic missiles and UAVs.

Mohammad Abdous also died in a mission in northern Iran and the Fars News Agency said he joined the list of martyrs who died while part of a long struggle and service to the country’s system.

Last week Iranian opposition media reported that another aeronautics expert, Ayoob Entezari had been poisoned and died shortly afterwards. Entezari had been a prominent scientist and was pictured with Iranian president Rouhani in 2019.