Iran’s top nuclear scientist shot dead near Tehran

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, identified as the director of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, was shot this Friday in an ambush in the middle of the street in a city near Tehran.

According to the British newspaper, The Guardian, Fakhrizadeh was ambushed in the city of Absard, 70 km east of Tehran. Four attackers opened fire on the car he was driving. The scientist was taken to the hospital, but died. Your bodyguard was injured.

The Iranian defense minister has already confirmed the attack and the death of the scientist. “During the collision between his security team and the terrorists, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was seriously injured and transported to the hospital. Unfortunately, the technical team was unable to reverse the situation,” said the Defense Ministry leader. Iranian.

On Twitter’s personal page, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, hinted that Israel had a role in the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

“Terrorists murdered a notable Iranian scientist today. This cowardice – with serious indications of the Israeli role – shows a desperate war against criminals,” wrote Zarif.

Fakhrizadeh was identified by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018, when he was introduced as director of Iran’s nuclear weapons project.

In those years, Netanyahu accused Iran of hiding and expanding its knowledge of nuclear weapons, saying that Israeli intelligence would have a deposit of half a ton of nuclear material from the country.

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