Iran’s supreme leader promises retaliation for killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

Iran’s supreme leader has promised to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear scientist, raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel.

The country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pledged to continue the work of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Western and Israeli Governments believe was the architect of a secret Iranian program to make nuclear weapons.

The Ayatollah called for the “definitive punishment” of…