UK Foreign Ministry responded to the assassination of nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Iran. The ministry expressed concern over the incident and said that they are waiting for the release of full information about the incident.
The department said that the UK is committed to international humanitarian law, which prohibits attacks against civilians. The Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry added that they generally count on reducing tension in the region.
Fakhrizadeh headed the Department for Research and Innovation under the Ministry of Defense of Iran and was one of the the alleged creators of the country’s nuclear program. On Friday, November 27, it turned out that he became a victim of a terrorist attack in the populated point Absard near Tehran. First, a suicide bomber was blown up there, then the scientist’s car was fired upon.
The next day, the American special services accused Israel of the murder of Fakhrizade. At the same time, it is unclear whether the United States was aware of the impending operation to eliminate the researcher. The White House and CIA declined to comment on the matter. The commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, Seyed Abdol-Rahim Mousavi, called Israel and the United States involved in the murder of the scientist. The Israeli Prime Minister’s office Benjamin Netanyahu does not comment on the situation.