Tehran:Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a leading Iranian nuclear scientist who was murdered in November, has been posthumously awarded the Medal of Nasr, one of Iran's highest military awards, the press department for Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, said on Sunday.
"Major General Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, visited the house of the martyred scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh this morning. He met with the family of the martyr and presented the first-class Order of Nasr medal, which had been granted and signed by the Supreme Leader," a press release published on Khamenei's website read.