“The ruthless hands of global arrogance, whose mercenary is the usurping Zionist regime, are stained with the blood of the nation’s son,” Rouhan said in a statement released by his office. Iranian politicians use the term “global arrogance” for the United States and the term “usurping Zionist regime” for Israel.
According to the Western secret services, Fachrizade was in charge of Iran’s secret nuclear program. He called blasphemy a “martyr” and stressed that his death would not stop Tehran’s success. Israel then accused it of trying to cause chaos in Iran. Blasphemy also said that Iran would respond “at the right time”, Reuters was quoted as saying.
Ali Khamenei called for those who planned and carried out the murder to be punished. But he did not say who it should be. He spoke of Fachrizadeh as a prominent and distinguished nuclear scientist.
The Iranian envoy to the UN said there were “serious signs” that Israel was responsible for the murder. “Iran reserves the right to take all necessary measures to protect its people and safeguard its interests,” he wrote in a letter to Guterres and the UN Security Council. He also warned of any irresponsible action by the United States and Israel against Iran, “especially during the remainder of the current US administration.”
Israel has not yet commented on the allegations. The Jewish state was suspected of assassinating scientists ten years ago when tensions over Iran’s nuclear program prevailed. Friday’s act bore the marks of a carefully planned military-style assault, the AP agency reported.
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Reuters: Murder threatens confrontation between Iran and its enemies
Fachrízeheh succumbed to his injuries at the hospitalwho suffered in Friday’s attack near Tehran. Western sources call Fachrizadeh the head of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The attack on the car with Fachrizadeh and his bodyguard took place in the city of Abardsard east of Tehran. Witnesses first heard the explosion and then the shooting. In addition to Fachrizadeh, his bodyguards were wounded.
Fachrizadeh’s death could provoke a confrontation between Iran and its opponents in the last weeks of the government of US President Donald Trump, Reuters reported. At the same time, it may complicate any effort by newly elected President Joe Biden to ease US sanctions against Iran, which Barack Obama has already begun.
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