Martyr Ithar Tabatabai Qomshei@isar_tabatabaei

About Their Life and Scientific Mission

Personal information Name: Seyyed Ithar Tabatabai Qomsheh. Date of Martyrdom: Saturday, June 31, 1404 Place of martyrdom: private house in Tehran Accompanying: his wife Shahidah Mansoura Haji Salem Position: Scientist and specialist in Iran's nuclear industry Academic and professional path Dr. Tabatabai completed his academic career in one of Iran's top universities, Sharif University of Technology. In 2013, he was admitted to the master's degree in mechanical engineering, and then in 2016, he continued his studies in the doctoral degree in the same field with a focus on nuclear engineering. He spent many years in the country's nuclear industry. Despite his key role, due to the confidential nature of his activities, no scientific article or general research has been registered in his name. This shows his activity in sectors with a high degree of classification and the strategy of protecting human capital in this field. Details of the assassination by Israel The assassination of Dr. Tabatabai and his wife Mansoura Haji Salem took place in their private home in Tehran. His wife's testimony alongside him, who had no role in the nuclear program, is analyzed as a measure to eliminate potential witnesses and increase psychological pressure on the country's scientific community. This act was a threatening message from Israel, which shows that the personal and family lives of scientists are also targeted. This assassination was carried out by Israel and placed it in the context of targeted attacks against the centers and key people of Iran's nuclear program. Besides this, the role of internal infiltrators has also been raised in public opinion and analysis as one of the facilitating factors of these operations. Dr. Tabatabai is the second nuclear professor of Sharif University of Technology to be martyred. Dr. Seyed Itsar Tabatabai Qomsheh is a symbol of Iran's scientific efforts in strategic fields and at the same time, the dangers that scientists in this field are facing. His and his wife's martyrdom, while being a loss for the country's scientific community, will be recorded in the national memory as part of the cost of scientific progress and resistance against foreign threats.