Tehran, July 24 (ANI): Iran has said the victim of Saturday's shooting incident was not a scientist involved in a disputed nuclear program, but a student.
A mix-up over the victim's name apparently led to the confusion, Iran's Press TV said.
Initial reports said a pair of gunmen on a motorcycle fired and killed 35-year-old Darioush Rezaei, a physics professor. Several news reports linked him to the country's nuclear program.
But, an investigation later determined the slain man was Darioush Rezaeinejad, an electronics student at Khajeh Nasir University in Tehran.
The initial reports raised concerns because the attack appeared similar to recent assassinations of Iranian scientists that the government blamed on the U.S. and Israel, CBS News reports.
At least two other Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in recent years. (ANI)
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