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Iranian nuclear engineer Muhsin Fakhrizadeh was killed near Tehran
Muhsin Fakhrizadeh, according to media reports, was the victim of a terrorist attack. Several relatives of the scientist died along with him.
One of the founders of Iran’s nuclear program, a senior nuclear scientist Muhsin Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated near Tehran. On Friday, November 27, he reports this in his Twitter account Press the TV channel citing sources.
Tasnim News reports that Fakhrizade was the victim of a terrorist attack in the Absard settlement near the Iranian capital. It is noted that first a suicide bomber exploded on the spot and then other attackers fired at the scientist’s car.
Several people died in the attack. In particular, we can talk about Fakhrizade’s relatives, who, according to preliminary data, could have been with him at the time of the assassination attempt.
Other details of what happened are being established. The Iranian Defense Ministry confirms the information about the scientist’s death, IRNA reports.
“Today the terrorists attacked Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Center for Research and Innovation of the Defense Ministry,” the ministry’s press service said. It is also noted that “the medical team failed to save him.”
At the same time, the representative of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behruz Kamalwandi said that all scientists working in the country in this area are alive. “All scientists working in the nuclear industry are in perfect health,” he said.
In turn, the Military Observer Telegram channel notes that Israeli special services are likely involved in Fakhrizade’s assassination: the nuclear engineer was killed just days after the secret visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of the Mossad. Yossi Cohen to Saudi Arabia. Currently, units of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are on high alert.
Several years ago, an attempt was already made in Fakhrizada, but then it managed to survive.
Last week it was reported that Trump was about to attack an Iranian nuclear facility.
Before that, the IAEA reported that Tehran’s uranium reserves are 12 times higher than those allowed by the nuclear deal, from which Washington withdrew in 2018.
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