Iran calls on the European Union to condemn the murder of its nuclear scientist

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the European Union to condemn the murder of the Iranian nuclear scientist.

Britain expressed “concern” and said international law prohibits targeting civilians. But she did not condemn the murder.

Iranian officials accused Israel of assassinating prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Development and Innovation Organization at the Iranian Defense Ministry on Friday.

Angry protests took place in the streets of Tehran, condemning the murder of Fakhri Zadi and calling for a “quick response”.

Zarif said in a tweet on Twitter that the European Union “should abandon its shameful double standards.”

Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an official statement that his country “will deliberately and strictly respond to the perpetrators who deprived the Iranian people of the presence of the martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.”

The head of the Energy Committee of Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) called on Iran to consider withdrawing from the nuclear deal.

Fereydoun Abbasi indicated, in a tweet on Twitter, that he would personally follow “four issues, including the process of enriching uranium by 20%, stopping cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and withdrawing from the nuclear deal.”

In 2015, Iran signed a landmark agreement with major powers aimed at reducing Iran’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Despite US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the accord, Iran remained committed to it and insisted that European countries assume their responsibility to defend it by failing to adhere to the US sanctions that Trump reimposed on them.

The British chancellor expressed his country’s “concern” about the situation in Iran and the Middle East region after Fakhrizadeh’s assassination.

“We want tensions to ease,” Dominic Raab told Britain’s Sky News newspaper.

However, he did not report the murder of the prominent Iranian nuclear scientist.

“We are still waiting to see the facts, to address all the facts of what happened in Iran,” he said.

However, he added: “But I say that we are committed to the rule of international law, which is very clear against civilians.”