BREAKING: Iranian media reporting that high level nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated. Widely referred to as Iran’s Robert Oppenheimer. He is by far the most important Iranian nuclear scientist to be assassinated to date. Netanyahu had mentioned him by name
— Ali Arouzi (@aliarouzi) November 27, 2020
Via Business Insider:
Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated Friday, Iranian media reported.
Fakhrizadeh, a former officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and physics professor, is top scientist widely seen as the father of Iran’s modern nuclear program, specifically weapons research.
Unidentified assailants reportedly targeted Fakhrizadeh while he was traveling on a road in Absard county about 40 miles outside the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Iranian state media, according to Reuters, said that “news sources say a scientist has been the victim of an assassination attempt in an armed attack by unknown people on his team of bodyguards.” Fakhrizadeh was shot, and state media later reported the attack was fatal.