Iran makes arrests in nuclear scientist's killing, official says
Iranian parliamentary adviser Hossein Amir Abdollahian said some of the "perpetrators" had been identified and arrested.
Iran has made several arrests in connection with the assassination of the country’s chief nuclear scientist last month, an Iranian parliamentary adviser said Wednesday.
"The perpetrators of this assassination, some of whom have been identified and even arrested by the security services, will not escape justice," Iranian parliamentary adviser Hossein Amir Abdollahian said in an interview with Al-Alam TV, according to Reuters.
Abdollahian didn’t offer any specifics on who was arrested, but added he believed there was evidence that indicates “who planned and carried out the assassination" and that proves the Israelis were involved, the BBC reported.
No country or group has claimed responsibility for killing Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27, and Iran has offered conflicting accounts of what happened. Most recently, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Rear Adm. Ali Fadavi, said a remote-controlled automatic machine gun fired 13 rounds on Fakhrizadeh’s car as the scientist was driving outside Tehran.
