Martyr Masoud Ali-Muhammadi (Part 1)

There was a bomb blast in Qeytarieh district of Tehran at 7:30 A.M. on January 12, 2010. The blast led to the martyrdom of Dr. Ali-Muhammadi. Two other persons were wounded and losses were inflicted on a nearby building. The bomb was concealed in a motorcycle that was locked to a tree a meter away from the entrance door of Dr. Ali-Muhammadi’s home.

Martyr Masoud Ali-Muhammadi known as Master Ali-Muhammadi was the professor of physics at the University of Tehran and a senior scientist in the field of nuclear technology. He was martyred at the age of 50 by Mossad agents while leaving home due to a blast caused by a remote-controlled bomb. His main specialties were elementary particles, high energies and cosmology.

Masoud Ali-Muhammadi was born on August 26, 1959 in the village of Kan in the vicinity of Tehran.

He received his diploma from Shahriar high school in Qolhak in 1977 and began his B.S. studies in the field of physics at Shiraz University. He was graduated in 1985 and continued his M.S. studies in the field of physics at Sharif Industrial University.

He kept up his studies by participating in the first course for doctorate degree in the field of theoretical physics in 1988 at Sharif Industrial University. He was graduated in 1992 as the first domestic graduate of physics at Ph.D. level as well as the first Ph.D. graduate of Sharif Industrial University.

The topic of his Ph.D. dissertation was WZNW models.

He had been a faculty member of the University of Tehran since several years ago. He was a member of Tehran University promotion board and a member of the scientific faculty council and deputy dean for research till 2008.

Translated by: Sadroddin Musawi