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Iran changes its story on killing of top nuclear scientist

By Zach Halaschak
Published December 2, 2020 10:29pm ET
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Iran changes its story on killing of top nuclear scientist
In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the flag draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, in a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Iran held the funeral service for Fakhrizadeh, who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, with the Islamic Republic's defense minister vowing to continue the man's work "with more speed and more power." | (AP)

Accounts of the killing of a top Iranian nuclear scientist have devolved into finger-pointing and shifting narratives.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the man widely described as one of the leading architects of Iran’s secretive military nuclear program, was killed on Friday when his convoy was ambushed on a rural road 40 miles east of Tehran. Initial news reports indicated there was an explosion and a cacophony of gunfire from several assailants.

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Assassinations Iran Iran Nuclear Program Israel Nuclear Weapons