TEHRAN – A senior Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated in Damavand,east of Tehran, on Friday, confirmed country’s defence ministry.
The ministry in a statement said that “armed terrorist elements” attackedthe car carrying Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, head of the DefenseMinistry’s Research and Innovation Organization.
Reports said that the vehicle of the top scientist was intercepted with ablast on Mostafa Khomeini road and it followed by firing. Fakhrizadehreceived bullet injuries and he was shifted to hospital for treatment butcould not survive.
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No one has claimed responsibility of the attack but it happened at a timewhen the US and Israel have threatened to attack the Islamic country.
