- Iran’s top diplomat, Javad Zarif, on Friday suggested Israel was involved in the reported assassination of a top nuclear scientist.
- Iranian media on Friday reported that nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in a small city not far from Iran’s capital, Tehran.
- “Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice – with serious indications of Israeli role -shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators,” Zarif tweeted
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Friday said there are “serious indications” of Israeli involvement in the reported assassination of a top nuclear scientist in a shootout not far from the capital, Tehran.
“Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice with serious indications of Israeli role shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators,” Zarif tweeted.
“Iran calls on [international] community and especially EU to end their shameful double standards & condemn this act of state terror,” the top Iranian diplomat added.
The Israeli Embassy in Washington did not offer a comment when contacted by Insider.
Iranian media on Friday reported that nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in Absard, located roughly 40 miles to the east of Tehran. Fakhrizadeh, a former Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer, was widely considered to be the father of Iran’s nuclear program.
The reported assassination also came less than two weeks after the New York Times reported President Donald Trump has consulted senior advisors about the possibility of conducting a strike on Iran’s main nuclear facility. A number of top advisors reportedly urged Trump against pursuing such a strike, warning it could catalyze a broader conflict with his time in the White House waning.
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