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According to the ministry, “terrorists” shot Mohszen Farizade, sitting in his car with his bodyguards, in Ab-Sard, east of the capital, and blew up another vehicle.
The 63-year-old man later died from his injuries and died a “martyr” after being taken to hospital, they wrote.
Local authorities reported that several assailants died after the murder.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javan Zarif has said that Israel is likely involved in the assassination.However, he did not present any evidence.
In addition, Hosein Dehgan, military adviser to Ayatollah Ali Hamenei, Iran’s supreme political and religious leader, accused Israel of planning and committing the raid, promising to crack down on those responsible who “regret their actions.”
“In the last days of the political life of their ally (US President Donald Trump), the Zionists are trying to increase pressure on Iran and want to start a full-scale war,” he wrote on Twitter.
Iranian chief of staff, Mohammad Bageri, declared in a message posted on the microblogging that “terrible retaliation” awaits those responsible, who will not rest until the perpetrators are caught.
The scientist was a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, an expert in missile production, considered by Western countries as one of the leaders of a secret program to develop Iran’s nuclear weapons.
According to the Iranian news agency Fars, Farizade has long been at the crossroads of the Israeli secret service.
Ayatollah Ali Hamenei, Iran’s supreme religious and political leader, promised on Friday afternoon that they will hit hard those responsible for the murder who “repent of their actions”.
A spokesperson for the Iranian Atomic Energy Agency had previously denied news of the assassination, stressing that “our nuclear scientists are fine”, but the Foreign Ministry later confirmed the fact of the attack.
As a result, tensions between Iran and the United States are expected to escalate further.
Since 2010, several Iranian nuclear scientists have died. Tehran accuses the United States and Israel of plotting the killings, stressing that in this way they want to hamper the implementation of the country’s nuclear program.
Israel has not officially responded to accusations of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist.
Israel has not officially responded to Iranian accusations of the murder of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, the Haraz newspaper reported on Friday.
Israel has not responded to reports and assassination allegations in Tehran, which may include news that a nuclear scientist was killed after Saturday’s holiday, when politicians rarely comment.
However, local media recall that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew attention to Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Farizade at a press conference two years ago and said: “Remember that name.”
Shortly after the reports on the assassination were released, Prime Minister Netanyahu posted a video detailing his work this week, adding: “I can’t tell you everything.”
Mohsen Farizade, the father of the Iranian nuclear program, allegedly survived an assassination attempt against him a year ago and has been living in hiding ever since.
His name was mentioned by Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 when he unveiled the Iranian nuclear archive, the contents of which were transported to Israel. In his speech two years ago, the Israeli prime minister recalled a document in which he quoted Farizade: “The main objective is to announce the end of Iran’s nuclear program, while this special activity is under the title ‘Development of knowledge scientific'”.
According to Israeli knowledge, Mohsen Farizade led the project that formed the basis of Iran’s nuclear program until 2003, and then worked on nuclear development under the auspices of the Tehran Ministry of Defense.
The Iranian media rarely mentioned Farizade by name. In 2007, the Mehr news agency reported that Farizade was a scientist working in a physical research center under the Ministry of Defense. Other Iranian media have called him a “scientific expert” over the years, citing his contribution to the nuclear program and his security work.
Iran has never allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to question Farizade despite requests., citing being an academic scientist who lectures at one of Tehran’s largest universities.
According to Haarec, US reports, including a CIA report, claimed during the George Bush Jr. administration that Farizade’s teaching activities served as a cover story. In 2008, his name was added to the list of Iranian officials who were subject to economic sanctions by the United States government.
Israel has long been suspected of engaging in the targeted execution of Iranian nuclear scientists nearly a decade ago. At least four scientists lost their lives between 2010 and 2012, according to Tehran, as part of an assassination program designed to make the nuclear program impossible. Iran hanged a man in 2012 for the killings, claiming to be linked to Israel.
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