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Monday 30 November 2020 - 15:02
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Top nuclear scientist laid to rest as Iran vows to continue his work

Top nuclear scientist laid to rest as Iran vows to continue his work
Iran's topnuclear scientistMohsen Fakhrizadeh has been laid to rest three days after his assassination outsideTehran,with the country's defense minister pledgingto continue his work with more speed and more power.

He was buried at Imamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tajrish in northern Tehran's Shemiran district on Monday after a detailed funeral ceremony was held in the morning.

The cortege began at the Ministry of Defense in east Tehran, with top state and military officials onhand to pay their respect to a man who played a leading role in bolstering Iran's defense powerand advancing its nuclear energy program.

An honor guard carried the casket containing hisremains which reportedly received three shots during an ambush in a boulevard in Absard whereassailants blew up an explosives-laden Nissan truck before targeting him and his security detail in a hail of bullets.

The remains of the weapon used in the assassinationshow that it was made in Israel, an informed source told Press TV Monday. Theweapon collected from the site ofthe terrorist actbears the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry.

[caption id="attachment_385957" align="aligncenter" width="650"]Fakhrizadeh funeral A handout picture provided by Iran's Defense Ministry on November 29, 2020 shows servants of the Imam Reza holy shrine carrying the coffin of Iran's assassinated nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his funeral procession in the northeastern city of Mashhad.[/caption]

Iran's Ministry of Defense also said it had obtained "new leads"on the identity of the perpetrators and that the information "will be publicized very soon."

At an outdoor portion of theDefense Ministry, the IslamicRevolutionGuards Corps (IRGC) chief Gen. Hossein Salami, the IRGC's Quds Force headGen. Esmail Qa'ani, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Sahei and Intelligence Minister Mamoud Alavi sat apart from each other and wore masks due to the coronavirus pandemic as a reciter read several verses of the holy Qur'an.

A message was read out to the ceremony from Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who has ordered officials to identify and punish the perpetrators of the crime and continue his scientificpath with diligence.

Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami puthis forehead against the casket and kissed it before addressing the ceremony, pledging that the assassination would make Iranians more united, more determined.

For the continuation of your path, we will continue with more speed and more power, Hatami said.

Hatami also called the nuclear arsenal of the USand the stockpile of atomic bombs Israel which is widely believed to possess at least 200 warheads the most dangerous threat against humanity.

On Sunday, Fakhrizadehs body was flown to the holy city of Mashhad, whereit was taken inside the holy shrine ofImam Reza (AS), the eight infallible imam of Shia Muslims.

It was then transferred to the holy city of Qom for a visit to the shrine of Fatima Masoumeh, the sister of Imam Reza (AS) and to the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic RepublicImam Khomeini outside Tehran.

Secretary of Iran'sSupreme National Security Council said theenemies had launched a number of failed operations against Fakhrizadeh in the past.

This time, the enemy applied a completely new, professional and sophisticated method, he said.
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