Iran's defense ministry said the top scientist was seriously wounded after attackers targeted his car and exchanged fire with his bodyguards in Absard, to the east of capital Tehran. Fakhrizadeh later died from his injuries in hospital.

The United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Jordan have joined the long list of countries and international bodies that condemn the Friday assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Iranian officials are too savvy to fall victim to a Zionist trap; they’ll act in their own way at a time of their choosing, Stephen Lendman says.

Senior US Senator Bernie Sanders says the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was an "illegal" move aimed at undermining possible talks between Iran and the incoming US administration.

A spokesman for the UN secretary general as well as the Turkish Foreign Ministry have separately condemned the Friday assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior Iranian nuclear scientist, has been assassinated near the capital Tehran.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warns of a plot hatched by Israel to incite chaos in the region, vowing that Tehran will at the proper time respond to the assassination of its prominent nuclear scientist.

Ayatollah Khamenei calls on Iranian experts to seriously follow the scientific legacy of prominent expert Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and ordered punishment of all those behind his assassination.

Pundits believe a decisive approach and revenge seems fairly needed in light of assassination of prominent Iranian physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Condemnations and condemnations pour in from anti-Israel resistance groups over the assassination of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.