Iran has accused Israel of trying to ‘create full-blown war’ by assassinating scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi named as father of Iran’s nuke programme.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi was killed in car following explosion and then machine gun fire near Tehran.
His death comes two years after Israel’s President Netanyahu warned the world to ‘remember that name’
Images of the aftermath show blood pooled on road by a car – with a windscreen peppered with bullet holes.
Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi – a physics professor and former officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – was killed in his car following an explosion and then machine gun fire near to Tehran.
His death comes two years after Israeli PM Netanyahu warned the world to ‘remember that name’ in a press conference about Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
The killing of Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi marks the second time Iran has been humiliated this year, after Qassem Soleimani – a major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – was assassinated in a US drone strike in January.
Those wounded in the attack were rushed to a local hospital but medics were unable to revive Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi.
Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri called Fakhrizdeh’s death ‘a bitter and heavy blow to the country’s defence system’ and warned of ‘severe revenge’, while Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there were ‘serious indications of an Israeli role’ in the assassination.
As the Middle East braces for retaliation from Iran, chilling pictures of the aftermath of the attack have begun circling on social media. A pool of blood can be seen on a road by a car – with a windscreen peppered with bullet holes.
