Mohsen Fahrizade, a top architect behind Iran’s military nuclear program, referred to as the country’s Robert Oppenheimer, was assassinated in Tehran in broad daylight on Friday.

The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support confirmed in a statement Fahrizade died after being taken to a hospital following an attack on a car carrying the nuclear scientist, reports the Tehran-based Mehr News.

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