Iran vows retaliation after top nuclear scientist shot dead near Tehran
by Patrick Wintour and Oliver Holmes from World news | The Guardian on (#5AY64)
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, identified by Israel as director of nuclear weapons programme, ambushed in street
Iran has vowed retaliation after the architect of its nuclear programme was assassinated on a highway near Tehran, in a major escalation of tensions that risks placing the Middle East on a new war footing.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was ambushed with explosives and machine gun fire in the town of Absard, 70km (44 miles) east of Tehran.
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