Hello, and welcome. The United Nations has urged restraint after one of irans top Nuclear Scientists was assassinated. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died of his wounds after gunmen fired on his car. Western intelligence agencies accused him of being one of the founders of the countrys Nuclear Weapons programme. Iran has accused israel of being behind the killing. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has this report. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet is in riyadh. She says what we need to look at is how iran will respond to this. A very significant strike, and it comes nearly a year after irans leading commander of the Islamic Revolutionary guards corps, qasem soleimani, was killed. This time, as with the earlier killing, the question is, how will iran respond . It comes at a very significant, very delicate moment, only weeks left in the administration of donald trump. We already know that president Electjoe Biden has talked about rejoining the Iran Nuclear Deal that mr trump p
Has condemned the killing as an act in the south west of england. Of state terror. Western intelligence agencies believe fakhrizadeh lots of analysis on our website. Thats it for us. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here hello there. Friday was a decidedly chilly day, and across the globe. Particularly in those places the United Nations has urged where fog lingered to. Restraint after one of irans top the weekend promises something just Nuclear Scientists was assassinated. A little bit milder, but it will often be quite cloudy, that cloud at times will produce the odd spot of rain and some quite murky conditions as well. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died of his wounds after low pressure to the southwest, gunmen fired on his car. Western intelligence agencies accused him of being one of the founders of the countrys High Pressure to the east of us, Nuclear Weapons programme. Iran has accused israel of being b
Iran has promised severe revenge for the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist blaming israel for his murder. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died in hospital after gunmen attacked his car outside tehran. Israel has previously accused him of masterminding a covert Nuclear Weapons programme, though it hasnt commented on his assassination. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has more. The scene of an ambush. The highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in Irans Nuclear programme. Mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and Senior Defence official. But western Intelligence Services have long believed he was the driving force in irans quest for a nuclear bomb. Iran has always said its Nuclear Programme was peaceful but its been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad to develop a weapon. In 2018, he was singled out by israels prime minister. This is how dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of project amad, put it remember that name, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
A worrying weekend for 13,000 workers at some of the uks biggest retail names, the group that owns topshop, Dorothy Perkins, and miss selfridge is on the brink of collapse. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start in iran where the countrys president claims the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist will not slow down Hassan Rouhani has blamed israel for the killing of mohsen fakhrizadeh. He was killed on friday in an ambush on his car by gunmen in the town of absard, east of the capital tehran. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, president rouhani accused israel of trying to create chaos but said his country would not fall into a trap. Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised retaliation for the killing, tweeting that the scientists nuclear work will continue. There have been demonstrations in tehran over the assassination, with protesters calling for reve
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