An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed and another wounded in two separate, but similar attacks, according to Iranian media reports.
The scientists were targeted in Tehran by attackers who attached bombs to each of their cars, reports said.
The scientist killed has been named as Majid Shahriari of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, according to the official Irna news agency.
Another scientist was killed in a bomb blast at the beginning of the year.
Dr Shahriari was a member of the nuclear engineering department of Shahid Beheshti University.
His wife is said to have been injured in the attack.
The scientist injured in the second attack was named as Fereydoon Abbasi, another nuclear scientist. His wife was also wounded.
There has been much controversy over Iran's nuclear activities.
Tehran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful energy purposes, but the US and other Western nations suspect it of seeking to build nuclear weapons.
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