Tehran: Iran says it will give a response with "maximum pain" to those responsible for the killing of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist last month.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who headed a program that Israel and the West have alleged was a military operation looking at the feasibility of building a nuclear weapon, was killed on Friday in an ambush on the outskirts of Tehran.
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"Iran, as stated before as our definite policy, will independently give a matching response to those who ordered and committed this (the killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh) with maximum pain for those who did this, God willing," said Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesperson for the country's foreign ministry.
