Iran vows to make killers of scientist ‘regret their actions’

Iran will ‘descend like lightning’ to avenge the death of a nuclear scientist, Hossein Dehghan, a military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iran will “descend like lightning” to avenge the death of a nuclear scientist, an adviser to the country’s supreme leader said.

The 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 said.