Iran calls on international community to condemn ‘terrorist’ murder of scientist

This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard (Fars News Agency via AP)

Iran’s foreign minister has urged the international community to condemn the “terrorist” murder of a nuclear scientist, blaming Israel for the attack.

An Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear programme until its disbanding in the early 2000s was killed in a shootout on Friday, Iran’s state television had said.