Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran

SANAA, Nov. 27 (YPA) – Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated near Tehran on Friday, Tasnim News Agency reported.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist involved in Iran’s nuclear industry, was assassinated by unknown attackers after clash with his bodyguards near Tehran on Friday, according to Tasnim agency.

Raja News said in a report that the top scientist has been assassinated in Absard county near Damavand, 60 km east of Tehran.

Fakhrizadeh was reportedly the only Iranian scientist that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had cited in a program. The Zionist regime’s media say several assassination attempts to kill him had failed in the past years.

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