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Dr Seyed Esar Tabatabaei Qomsheh, a nuclear scientist in Iran’s nuclear industry, has been assassinated in attacks late last week along with his wife Mansoureh Haji Salem in their home, Iranian news agency Mehr reports citing the Sharif newspaper.

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