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The European Union considers that the assassination of the Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh “contradicts the principles of respect for human rights” and calls for “exercise of maximum restraint”.
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The European Union calls for restraint after the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
The European Union on Friday condemned the murder of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, with an armed attack on his car near the capital, Tehran, calling the act “criminal” and called for “restraint and avoiding growing tensions.”
The office of the European Union’s foreign policy spokesperson issued a statement saying: “On November 27, an Iranian government official was killed along with several others in an armed attack,” considering the act as “criminal and inconsistent. with the principles of the European Union with regard to human rights “. .
The spokesman for the European Union, on behalf of the President of the European Union, offered his condolences to the “families of the victims”, wishing the recovery of the injured.
He also called on all parties to show patience and calm to prevent the volatile situation in the region from worsening, considering that the worsening of the situation “does not interest anyone.”
In context, John Brennan, a former CIA director, said that the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was “a very criminal and reckless act.”
Brennan warned on Friday that “the assassination of Fakhrizadeh could cause a round of revenge and a deadly regional conflict,” noting that “it would be prudent for Iran’s leaders to resist their desire to respond and wait for the United States to return to leadership. on the world stage, “as he said.
Furthermore, Israeli “Channel 12” commentator on Arab affairs, Ehud Yaari, stated that the Iranian nuclear program “will continue to advance without the head of the Research and Development Organization of the Iranian Defense Ministry, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.”
Israeli media quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as hinting on Friday “a possible Israeli role in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.”
Thus, the US newspaper “New York Times”, on Friday, quoted 3 intelligence officials as confirming that “Israel” is behind the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Notably, Iran’s representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Rawanji, said in a letter to the United Nations Secretariat and the Security Council on Saturday that Iran sees “dangerous signs of” Israel’s involvement in the assassination. of Iranian nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh and that he reserves the right to defend himself.
On Friday, Iranian media reported that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Research and Development Organization in the Iranian Defense Ministry, was killed near the capital, Tehran, and the Iranian Defense Ministry announced his death at a later time.
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