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Iranian media reports that one of the Iranian nuclear scientists, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, has been killed near the capital, Tehran, and the Iranian Defense Ministry announces his martyrdom.
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The head of the Research and Development Corporation of the Iranian Ministry of Defense, Professor Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
On Friday, the Iranian Defense Ministry announced the martyrdom of the head of the ministry’s research and development organization, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
The Iranian Defense Ministry confirmed: “Attempts to save Fakhrizadeh were unsuccessful and he died recently.”
The Iranian Defense Ministry said: “Terrorist elements attacked the head of the ministry’s research and development organization, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.”
“Mohsen Fakhrizadeh” is currently in the operating room
An informed source told Tasnim that “Mohsen Fakhrizadeh”, a nuclear scientist from our country, was taken to hospital this afternoon after the murder and is currently in the operating room.
پزش The efforts of the doctors to treat him and one of his colleagues are still continuing. pic.twitter.com/cJ90iZ6u60
– Tasnim news agency 🇮🇷 (@Tasnimnews_Fa) November 27, 2020
For its part, the Iranian agency “Mehr” reported that “Dr. Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh, one of the Iranian nuclear scientists, was subjected to an assassination operation near the city of Damavand.”
The Iranian agency said that “Fakhri Zadeh is one of the most influential scientists in the field of scientific research in Iran” and is on the “United Nations sanctions list.”
According to the agency “Fars”, “3 or 4 terrorist elements died during a confrontation during the assassination attempt.” The agency said that “nuclear scientist Fakhri Zadeh was subjected to an assassination operation with an explosion and shooting in Absard, in the Damavand district near Tehran.”
In this context, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Major General Hossein Salami, said on Friday that “the murder of nuclear scientists is the most violent confrontation of the hegemonic regime.”
“The killing of nuclear scientists is aimed at preventing our access to modern science,” Salami added.
Reporter Fields He noted that, “At approximately 2:30 in the afternoon, a terrorist group detonated a Nissan car while crossing Zadeh.” He claimed that this group shot Fakhrizadeh after the explosion.
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Al-Mayadeen Correspondent: The terrorist group opened fire on Fakhrizadeh’s car after the explosion
Notably, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was mentioned in one of his lectures, “Fakhri Zada, by name publicly in 2018”, and Israeli media previously announced that “a plan to assassinate him failed years ago.”
According to Israeli media, “Netanyahu publicly mentioned Fakhri Zadeh by name in 2018, after his photo was revealed at the press conference” in which he announced the accusations of “the theft of the Iranian nuclear archive.”
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Netanyahu publicly mentioned Fakhrizadeh by name in 2018
Israeli media quoted Netanyahu as hinting on Friday “a possible Israeli involvement in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.”
Netanyahu said: “I did a lot of things this week and I cannot talk about all of them,” while the former director general of Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Yossi Kuperfsar, indicated that “Fakhri Zadeh is Soleimani of the nuclear program.”
“An incident of this type can only be carried out by Israel and the United States,” Copperfser said.
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