Tehran Students Say Professor Killed in Bombing Was Opponent of Regime

by E Wayne Ross on January 13, 2010

The Chronicle: Tehran Students Say Professor Killed in Bombing Was Opponent of Regime

A University of Tehran professor who was killed in a bomb blast outside his home in the Iranian capital this morning was an outspoken supporter of the opposition politician Mir Hossein Moussavi who had encouraged students in their recent antigovernment protests, a student at the university said in an e-mail message from Tehran.