- Iran’s top diplomat, Javad Zarif, on Friday suggested Israel was involved in the reported assassination of a top nuclear scientist.
- Iranian media on Friday reported that nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in a small city not far from Iran’s capital, Tehran.
- “Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice — with serious indications of Israeli role —shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators,” Zarif tweeted
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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Friday said there are “serious indications” of Israeli involvement in the reported assassination of a top nuclear scientist in a shootout not far from the capital, Tehran.
“Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice — with serious indications of Israeli role —shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators,” Zarif tweeted.
“Iran calls on [international] community — and especially EU — to end their shameful double standards & condemn this act of state terror,” the top Iranian diplomat added.
The Israeli Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
Iranian media on Friday reported that nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in Absard, located roughly 40 miles to the east of Tehran. Fakhrizadeh, a former Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer, was widely considered to be the father of Iran’s nuclear program.
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