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Following the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the nuclear scientist who ran Iran’s disbanded military program, Tehran’s English-language Press TV said on November 30 that the weapon used in the assassination was made in Israel. An unidentified source revealed to Iranian state media that the weapon collected at the site where the country’s top scientist was killed on November 27 “bears the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry.”
However, in an interview prior to the report’s release, Israeli intelligence minister Eli Cohen had told a radio station that he did not know who was responsible for the assassination that heightened tensions in the region.
Fakhrizadeh was killed last week in an armed attack that, according to an Associated Press report, carried fears of a military-style ambush, like the one Israel has been accused of carrying out in the past. Not only did Friday’s incident in Iran ignite tensions in the region, but Tehran also blamed Israel and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for the assassination, demanding “ultimate punishment.”
Meanwhile, Iran also began the burial of the nuclear scientist in a cemetery in northern Tehran on November 30, and the Iranian defense minister also vowed to retaliate for the assassination. Despite having little public profile, Fakhrizadeh was reportedly named by Israel as a major player in Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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Following the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javed Zarif accused Israel of being involved in the assassination plot and further called on the international community to end the “act of state terror ”. Fakhrizadeh was killed outside the capital Tehran after gunmen attacked his car on Friday.
Islamic Republic state media reported that minutes before Fakhrizadeh was ambushed, a truck with explosives exploded near his car, forcing his sedan to stop. Reports added that at least five gunmen came out and began firing continuously at Fakhrizadeh’s car, killing the scientist and his bodyguard.
After the incident, Iran wrote a letter to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and the UN Security Council stating that there are “serious indications of Israeli responsibility” and Iran would seek to defend itself. While using Twitter, Zarif called the international community and asked them to condemn the act and put an end to “state terror.”
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