The New York Times, citing three officials: Israel is behind the assassination of Iranian scientist

The US newspaper “New York Times”, citing three unidentified officials, reported that Israel was behind the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, director of the Center for Research and Technology at the Iranian Defense Ministry.

The American newspaper added that the Iranian scientist who was killed had long been a target of the Israeli Mossad.

On Friday, November 27, the head of the Defense Ministry’s Research and Technology Center, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated in an assassination operation labeled by Tehran as a “terrorist”.

The Iranian Defense Ministry confirmed the murder of the head of the ministry’s Research and Technology Center, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, in an assassination operation, which it called a “terrorist”.

The Defense Ministry stated that “armed terrorist elements attacked a car carrying Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh, head of the Defense Ministry’s Research and Technology Center at noon on Friday.

He noted that “during the confrontation between his security team and the terrorists, Mr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was seriously injured and taken to hospital, and unfortunately the medical team was unable to resuscitate him.”

Source: “New York Times” + agencies