A bomb blast has killed a university professor in the Iranian capital, Tehran, state media has reported.
Massoud Mohammadi, a lecturer at Tehran University, was killed on Tuesday in the north of the capital when a remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle went off, media reports said.
"The explosion took place near the professor's home in Qeytariyeh neighbourhood, in northern Tehran," the state-run Press TV said without giving further details.
It described Mohammadi as a "staunch supporter" of Iran's 1979 revolution and said he was "assassinated in a terrorist act by counter-revolutionary elements".
The broadcaster said police and security officials have launched an investigation.
Al Jazeera's Alireza Ronaghi, reporting from Tehran, said Mohammadi was a physics professor who might have had links to Iran's disputed nuclear programme.
"Authorities who decided to remain unnamed tell me that Mohammadi had some connections with Iran's nuclear programme and this could be related," he said.
He said it was unclear who might have been behind the bombing.
"Anyone who is connected to Iran's nuclear programme could be an easy target for [foreign] intelligence services.
"Iran tries to protect its nuclear scientists very well but sometimes things get out of hand, and incidents like this happen."
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