Iran’s supreme leader calls for ‘definitive punishment’ of scientist’s killers

Iran’s supreme leader calls for ‘definitive punishment’ of scientist’s killers

Ayatollah threatens retaliation after president blames Israel for assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

Iran’s supreme leader has called for the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist linked to Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear programme.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the architect of Tehran’s nuclear strategy, was assassinated on Friday on a highway near the capital, in a major escalation of tensions in the Middle East.

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