In a brazen day light assault, top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed today in the Abe-Sard region of Damavand, about 40 kilometers northeast of Tehran.
The Fars new agency said the expert was assassinated while his motorcade was ambushed. As per the reports a car bomb – a Nissan sedan – laden with explosives was first detonated and then a shootout took place between Fakhrizadeh’s security cover and attackers.
Fakhrizadeh didn’t survive the ambush. Fars, Iranian news agency also reported that three to four attackers were killed. The reports do not detail any other casualty or collateral damages.
Iran is already blaming arch rival Israel for the attack – calling it a Tel Aviv sanctioned assassination.
Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today. This cowardice—with serious indications of Israeli role—shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) November 27, 2020
Iran calls on int'l community—and especially EU—to end their shameful double standards & condemn this act of state terror.
US President Donald Trump endorse the killing with a retweet that the killing was a major blow to Iranian nuclear problem.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran according to reports in Iran. He was head of Iran’s secret military program and wanted for many years by Mossad. His death is a major psychological and professional blow for Iran.
— Yossi Melman (@yossi_melman) November 27, 2020
Fakhrizadeh was the only scientist whose name had been mentioned by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli media had announced that the plan for the assassination had failed last year. They also claimed that the name of Fakhrizadeh had been released to Israeli spy agency Mossad through the United Nations
