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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's intelligence services said Monday they
have arrested suspects in the assassination a year ago of a nuclear
physicist in a months-long covert operation that also led them to
penetrate Israel's Mossad spy agency.

Iran blames the Mossad for
the slaying of Tehran University physics professor Masoud Ali Mohammadi,
who was killed by a bomb-rigged motorcycle that exploded outside his
house as he was leaving for work in January 2010. Possible explanations
for why he was targeted have never been clear, particularly as he had no
known link to Iran's nuclear work, but Iranian state media have
presented it as an attempt to slow the atomic program.

Monday's
announcement said Iranian agents arrested a network of spies linked to
the slaying, opening up revelations about further Israeli plots against
the country, including a campaign to assassinate nuclear scientists.

"After
months of silent struggle, offensive, multilayered and complicated
operations and penetration into the depths of the Zionist regime's
intelligence led to the uncovering of very important and sensitive
information about Mossad spies and operations," said the Intelligence
Ministry statement read out on state TV.

"Heavy blows were inflicted on the structure of the Zionist intelligence and security services."

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