The British Foreign Office responded to the assassination of nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Iran. The ministry expressed concern over the incident and said that they are waiting for the release of full information about the incident. This was reported on the air of Sky News.
The department said that the UK is committed to international humanitarian law, which prohibits attacks against civilians. The Kingdom's Foreign Ministry added that they generally count on reducing tension in the region.
Fakhrizadeh headed the Research and Innovation Department of the Iranian Defense Ministry and was one of the founders of the country's nuclear program. On Friday, November 27, it turned out that he was the victim of a terrorist attack in the village of Absard near Tehran. First, a suicide bomber was blown up there, then the scientist's car was fired upon.
The next day, US intelligence agencies accused Israel of killing Fakhrizadeh. At the same time, it is unclear whether the United States was aware of the impending operation to eliminate the researcher. The White House and the CIA declined to comment on the matter. The commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, Seyed Abdol-Rahim Mousavi, called Israel and the United States involved in the murder of the scientist. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not comment on the situation.
