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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.
Key points:
- Iran’s Supreme Leader called for the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing
- Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian scientists a decade ago, has yet to comment
- The killing could complicate any efforts by US President-elect Joe Biden to ease tensions with Tehran
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.
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