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November 30, 2020

Iran Blames Israel for Assassination of Top Nuclear Scientist
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Iran held a state funeral today for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear
scientist who was assassinated while driving on a highway outside of
Tehran on Friday. Iran accused Israel of orchestrating the killing,
which Iran says may have been conducted by an automatic
remote-controlled machine gun placed inside an empty vehicle. Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will retaliate at the proper time.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: "All think-tank centres and all the
enemies of Islamic Iran know that the Iranian nation and officials are
too brave and zealous to ignore this criminal act. The relevant
authorities will respond to this crime in a timely and appropriate
manner."

Many analysts say the assassination of the Iranian scientist was
designed to make it harder for President-elect Joe Biden to rejoin the
landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, which President Trump
withdrew from in 2018.


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