Reuters: “Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Saturday accused Israel of killing the country’s top nuclear scientist, believed by the West to be the architect of Tehran’s secret military nuclear programme. Iran’s clerical and military rulers have threatened revenge for Friday’s killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which could further increase tensions in the Middle East region and beyond.”
“‘Our people are wiser than to fall in the trap of the Zionist regime… Iran will surely respond to the martyrdom of our scientist at the proper time,’ Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting. ‘Once again, the evil hands of Global Arrogance and the Zionist mercenaries were stained with the blood of an Iranian son,’ Rouhani said in a statement earlier on Saturday, adding that Fakhrizadeh’s death will not slow down Iran’s nuclear work. Israel has declined to comment on the killing.”