Leading Iranian nuclear physicist murdered: "Serious evidence" of the country involved - but the statement causes confusion

A senior nuclear physicist was murdered, as confirmed by the Iranian Defense Ministry.

The atomic organization's statement caused confusion.

Tehran - As the Iranian state broadcaster

and several news agencies have reported, the high-ranking

fell victim to

an

.

Iran: nuclear physicist murdered - statement causes confusion

Local authorities have also

confirmed

the

.

Some

are also said to have died.

The spokesman for the

however, contradicted the reports and thus caused confusion.

Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is said to have been murdered in #Tehran.

The Iranian media report.

https://t.co/Vcy6MPBZI6

- euronewsde (@euronewsde) November 27, 2020

The

is said to have occurred on Friday in

.

In the suburb east of the capital

,

is said to have been

"by

", the reports explain.

The

are said to have exchanged fire with the security team.

The

was fatally injured and later succumbed to his injuries.

Iran's *

called on the international community to "condemn this act of state terror".

Iran: Murdered nuclear physicist is considered the architect of a secret nuclear weapons program

Sarif also

said on Twitter that there was “serious evidence” that

involved in the attack.

In

it was the head of the research and innovation department at the

.

The expert in the

was also a member of the

.

Prime Minister

had called him the father of the

.

According to the

news agency

, the Israeli

is said

to have tried to kill him for years.

According to

the

eminent

charge of

the

"Amad" and "Hope".

The former has been

rated

by Israel and Western allies as a

to build an

.

repeatedly denied this.

In 2003 the International

declared

the program to be over.