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Iran vows revenge after nuclear scientist's assassination

A number of Iranian officials have said they will continue the path that the assassinated scientist was on.
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Iranian officials and military leaders have vowed revenge after a nuclear scientist was assassinated in Tehran.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed by a remote-controlled electronic device when riding in a car, according to Iran’s Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani. Earlier media reports have suggested there were up to a dozen gunmen involved in the attack. More recent reports suggest that a gun was attached to a car that fired on Fakhrizadeh’s vehicle. Many of the details about the attack remain murky, but Shamkhani said they know who “designed” the attack.

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