Tehran Confirmed – Senior Iranian Nuclear Physicist Killed – News

• A high-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist and missile specialist was apparently murdered in Iran.
• “We hereby announce the martyrdom of Dr. Mohsen Fachrisadeh,” Tehran’s Ministry of Defense told state television. He then confirmed information from the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB and several news agencies.
• According to the ministry, Fachrisadeh was hit “by terrorists” in his car on Friday and seriously injured. He later died of his injuries in the hospital.

According to the media, Fachrisadeh was shot dead in Ab-Sard, a suburb east of the capital Tehran. Local authorities confirmed the death of the physicist and some of the attackers.

Observers fear an escalation

63-year-old nuclear physicist Fachrisadeh had been a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and was an expert in missile manufacturing. Therefore, according to the Fars news agency, the Israeli secret services should have tried for years to eliminate it. Observers believe the nuclear scientist’s death may have the potential to escalate Iran and its enemies, the US and Israel

A spokesman for the Iranian nuclear organization AEOI, who denied the news, previously caused confusion. “Our nuclear scientists are all healthy,” Behrus Kamalwandi of the Isna news agency said. Presumably, Fachrisadeh was no longer part of the AEOI, which would explain the denial.