Tehran: Iran vowed it won’t “fall into the trap” of choking any future talks with the incoming Biden government following the assassination of a top nuclear scientist.
“Iran’s scientific and defence policies won’t change because of the assassination of one scientist or general,” government spokesman Ali Rabiei said in a statement on Sunday posted on the government’s official website. The Islamic Republic “shouldn’t fall into the trap of linking the assassination to past nuclear negotiations,” he said.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the assassinated Iranian scientist.Credit:AP
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a veteran physicist who played a major role in Iran’s nuclear research and defence activities, was killed in a bombing and shooting ambush outside Tehran on Friday. Iran has blamed Israel, which had accused Fakhrizadeh of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb project and hasn’t commented on the allegation.
Both Israel and US President Donald Trump oppose President-elect Joe Biden’s intention to rejoin the Obama-era nuclear accord if Tehran – which denies bomb-making ambitions – also returns to full compliance.
