Paris calls for "
restraint
" to "
avoid an escalation of
regional
tensions
" after the assassination in Iran of a prominent Iranian nuclear physicist, the spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry said on Monday (November 30th).
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"
In a tense regional context, we are closely monitoring (the) repercussions in Iran and in the region
" of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, victim on Friday of an assassination attributed to Israel by Tehran, underlines the Quai d'Orsay in a communicated.
"
We call for restraint, to preserve the channels of dialogue and negotiation
", concludes the French ministry, calling for "to
avoid an escalation of tensions
".
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed near Tehran in a car bomb attack followed by a shootout against his car, according to the Iranian defense ministry, which subsequently presented the victim as a deputy defense minister and head of the 'Organization of research and innovation in the defense sector.
Iran said Monday that its scientist had been the victim of a "
complex
"
operation
involving "
completely new
" means and accused the Mossad, the Israeli secret service.