Tehran, Nov 30 (UNI) Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami on Monday warned that Tehran would respond to the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Fakhrizadeh, the head of the Iranian Defense ministry's innovation center, was killed in an attack near the northern Iranian town of Absard on Friday. Local media reports claim that the scientist was killed by a remote-controlled machine gun after he got out of his armored car.
"In line with the instructions of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, we won’t stop pursuing the case of the criminals and perpetuates of the terrorist attack," he said.
The minister said that as an act of defiance, the Iranian government on Sunday decided to double the innovation center's budget for the next fiscal year.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the killing of the nuclear scientist appeared to involve Israel in some way and should be condemned by the international community, while Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi has warned the United States and Israel against "adventuristic" steps.
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