TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council and former IRGCCommander Mohsen Rezayee said on Wednesday that the weapon used toassassinate Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh belonged to theNATO.
Rezayee who was speaking in a press conference in Tehran after an ECmeeting with participation of Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed ForcesMajor General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, quoted General Baqeri as saying thatthe weapon which martyred Fakhrizadeh belonged to the NATO.
*Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezayee*
“Major General Baqeri explained about the security situation and the waythat our nuclear scientist was martyred and said the weapon used was linkedto the NATO army,” he added.
*Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad HosseinBaqeri*
“General Baqeri also said that investigations to find the perpetrators havemade good progress and the results will be reported to the people soon,”Rezayee said.
Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s car was targeted by anexplosion and machinegun fire in Damavand’s Absard 40 kilometers to theEast of Tehran on November 27.
The nuclear scientist and one of his companions were immediately taken to anearby hospital but he could not be saved.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that theassassination bears all the hallmarks of the Israeli regime.
An informed source had earlier told Press TV that the remains of the weaponused in the assassination of senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadehshow that it was made in Israel.
Israel has been an important partner to NATO for more than 20 years, aswell as an active member of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue.
The history of Tel Aviv’s sabotage targeting Iran’s nuclear energy programis as old as the program itself.
Many observers believe Israel is not able to carry out such dangerousoperations without the prior information and support of the United Stateswhich left a landmark nuclear deal with Iran in 2015.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhanisaid that electronic equipment has been used in the “highly complicated”assassination of Fakhrizadeh, and further underlined the role of Israel andthe anti-Iran Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK,PMOI and NCRI) in the terror attack.
“Unfortunately, the operation was very complicated and was carried out byusing electronic equipment and no one (terrorist) was present on the scene.But some clues are available, and the identity and records of the designerof the operation has been discovered by us,” Shamkhani said.
“Certainly, Monafeqin (hypocrites as MKO members are called in Iran) haveplayed a role and certainly, the Zionist regime and Mossad are the criminalmastermind of this incident,” he added.
Early in 2018, the Israeli sources had acknowledged that Mossad had triedto assassinate an Iranian nuclear scientist, but its operation failed.
According to Fars News Agency, Mossad had gained access to Fakhrizadeh’sname via a UN list which referred to him as a senior scientist of Iran’sDefense Ministry’s Physics Research Center.
After the terrorist attack, Commander of the Islamic Revolution GuardsCorps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami underlined that assassination ofFakhrizadeh may not undermine Iranians’ resolve, and said revenge for theterror attack is already on the country’s agenda.
General Salami extended condolences to Supreme Leader of the IslamicRevolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, martyr Fakhrizadeh’s family, andthe Iranian nation over the martyrdom of Head of the Research andInnovation Organization of Iran’s Defense Ministry, Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh,who was assassinated in an organized and pre-planned terrorist attack bythe child-killing Israeli regime.
“The enemies of the Iranian nation, specially the masterminds, perpetratorsand supporters of this crime, should also know that such crimes will notundermine the resolve of the Iranians to continue this glorious andpower-generating path, and harsh revenge and punishment is on agenda forthem,” the IRGC chief commander stressed.
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