China News Service, November 30. According to foreign media reports, the head of Iran’s Ministry of Defense’s nuclear program, Fahrizad, was assassinated. The Iranian Ministry of Defense announced that he would hold a funeral on the 30th.
Iranian media said that his funeral will be held in Tehran on the 30th.
In order to prevent crowd gatherings during the new crown epidemic, Fahrizad's funeral will only be attended by his family and senior military officers.
Prior to this, Iran had held funeral ceremonies for Fahrizad in Mashhad, Qom and Tehran.
On the 27th, Mohsin Fahrizad, a senior Iranian nuclear physicist, was attacked and killed near the capital Tehran.
The Iranian side called this a "terrorist operation."
Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei said on the 28th that he would not ignore the matter, saying that Iran’s primary task is to "definitely punish the perpetrators and those who ordered the assassination."
Iranian President Rouhani accused Israel of being behind the assassination.
In addition, many parties condemned the attack and called on relevant parties to exercise restraint and avoid an escalation of the regional situation.