Iran writes to UN asserting ‘right to defend’ after nuclear scientist's assassination

Following assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizeh, Foreign Minister Mohamm Javed Zarif accused Israel of being involved in murder plot and furr called on international community to put an end to “act of state terror”. Fakhrizeh was killed on outskirts of capital Tehran after gunmen attacked his car on Friday. Islamic Republic's state media reported that minutes before Fakhrizeh was ambushed, a truck ridden with explosives blew up near his car, forcing his sedan to stop. reports ded that at least five gunmen n emerged and started firing at Fakhrizeh's car continuously, killing scientist and his bodyguard. 

After incident, Iran wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UNSC claiming re are “serious indications of Israeli responsibility” and Iran would be looking to defend itself. While taking to Twitter, Zarif called on international community and asked m to condemn act and end “state terror”. 

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‘..Will make m regret ir action’ 

In aftermath, President Rouhani also said that heius assassination would t disrupt will of youth and scientists to follow path of accelerated scientific growth and conquer peaks of pride, inste it has me m even more “determined to continue path of this precious martyr”. An viser to Iran’s supreme leer, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, h also vowed retaliation. “We will strike as thunder at killers of this oppressed martyr and will make m regret ir action,” tweeted Hossein Dehghan. 

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Meanwhile, as per reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 h mentioned Fakhrizahed's name publicly, and said: "remember that name". incident took place days before 10-year death anniversary of Majid Shahriari, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was assassinated in 2010. Iran h accused Israel and United States of killing Majid.

outgoing US President Donald Trump retweeted a post by an Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, who informed about Fakhrizahed's killing on micro-blogging site and wrote, "His death is a major psychological and professional blow for Iran". assassination comes months after Iran and United States were on brink of war over killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghd by US forces. 

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