Iran sentences 3 to death over 2020 assassination of nuclear scientist

An Iranian court sentenced three individuals to death for their alleged involvement in the assassination of high-ranking nuclear physicist; Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in 2020, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported citing a spokesman.

The convicted individuals are accused of espionage for Israel and of providing equipment used in the assassination, as reported by Bloomberg News Agency. They were apprehended in the West Azerbaijan Province, located along Iran’s borders with Turkiye and Iraq.

Fakhrizadeh, who led the Iranian Defence Ministry’s Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research, succumbed to severe injuries in a hospital on 27 November 2020, after an armed attack on his vehicle in the Absard district, approximately 60 kilometres northeast of Tehran.

Iran accused Israel of orchestrating the assassination. Israeli officials have refused to comment on the allegations.

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