Iran in the line of fire 


Relatives gathering at Teheran’s main cemetery to mark the 40th day since the first deaths of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran. — Nanna Heitmann/The New York Times

THE professor had a faint air of mystery about him.

A bodyguard trailed behind as the academic came and went from his apartment on a tree-lined street in central Teheran, neighbours said.

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