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: An Iranian court has sentenced three people to death after they were convicted of procuring equipment used in the assassination of top Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November 2020, the Iranian Judiciary’s spokesman said.
Tuesday 5 November 2024 - 20:00
Story Code : 430914
Source : Tasnimnews
Three spies sentenced to death for role in Iranian nuclear scientist assassination
He noted that the Iranian security forces have been monitoring the “elements of espionage” in different provinces and have arrested eight people in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan.
The spokesman said three of the arrestees stood trial for spying for the Zionist regime and have been sentenced to death after being convicted of transferring the equipment -under the guise of smuggling alcoholic drinks into Iran- used in the assassination of Fakhrizadeh.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior nuclear and defense scientist, was assassinated in a small city east of Tehran on November 27, 2020.
A ranking IRGC commander said after the incident that a smart satellite-controlled machine gun using artificial intelligence had been used in the assassination attack.
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