Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh given martyr status
by Patrick Wintour and Oliver Holmes from World news | The Guardian on (#5B11Y)
Tehran holds state funeral for Fakhrizadeh, who it says was killed remotely using electronic devices'
Iran has bestowed martyr status on the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh at a full state funeral in Tehran, vowing to redouble his work after an assassination pinned on arch-foe Israel.
In footage carried by state TV, Fakhrizadeh's casket was shown surrounded by flowers and pictures of him, alongside portraits of Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad in January.
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