Rouhani Claims Israel Killed Nuke Scientist ‘to Wage Instability And War’

• Rouhani Claims Israel Killed Nuke Scientist ‘to Wage Instability And War’
  by AP and TOI STAFF, https://www.timesofisrael.com/
  Iranian president vows to avenge assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, but says Tehran will not allow Israel to decide the ‘time or venue’ of its retaliation
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  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday claimed that Israel was behind the recent killing of a scientist alleged to have founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s, in an effort to start a war in the last days of US President Donald Trump’s administration. Rouhani’s comments in a news conference marked the first time he has directly accused the Jewish state of being behind the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh late last month.
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  Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian nuclear scientists over the last decade, has repeatedly declined to comment on the attack. “Waging instability and war in the final days of the Trump administration was the main aim of the Zionist regime in the assassination,” Rouhani said. Rouhani vowed to avenge the killing but said his country would not allow Israel to decide the “time or venue“ of any retaliatory action. He said Iran would not allow instability in the region.
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Significant move by Rouhani administration to disclose for the first time unseen photos of awarding #Fakhrizadeh with Order of Service for his role in 2015 nuclear deal. Rouhani's team has decided to reveal the secret after hardliners' attacks against gov't and the JCPOA pic.twitter.com/jYpH2Oxa1U

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