For subscribers

News analysis

Killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist escalates tension in the Middle East, threatens to derail Biden's plans

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox

Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed close to the Damavand campus of Islamic Azad University, about 60km east of central Teheran.

PHOTO: EPA-EFE, REUTERS

Google Preferred Source badge
LONDON - Iran has accused Israel of assassinating one of its top nuclear scientists.
But nobody has yet claimed responsibility for Friday's (Nov 27) attack, in which Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was gunned down by anonymous assailants just outside Teheran, Iran's capital city.
See more on