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A building stands damaged in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
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Israel military says Friday strikes killed nine Iran nuclear scientists

Their elimination represents a significant blow to the Iranian regime's ability to acquire weapons of mass destruction, says the military

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Iran says 9 face death over nuclear scientist's assassination

Members of the Iranian armed forces pray around the coffin of slain nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during the burial ceremony in Tehran, on Nov. 30. HAMED MALEKPOUR/TASNIM NEWS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Iran says scientist killed by satellite-controlled machine gun

Members of the Iranian armed forces pray around the coffin of slain nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during the burial ceremony in Tehran, on Nov. 30. HAMED MALEKPOUR/TASNIM NEWS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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How will Iran react to another high-profile assassination?

Iran begins burial of slain prominent nuclear scientist
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Iran begins burial of slain prominent nuclear scientist

In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry and taken on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, caretakers from the Imam Reza holy shrine, carry the flag draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country's disbanded military nuclear program, who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran. An opinion piece published by a hard-line Iranian newspaper has suggested that Iran must attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of a scientist. Photo: Iranian Defense Ministry via AP
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Iran holds funeral for slain military nuclear scientist

Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is seen in Iran, in this undated photo. Official Khamenei Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
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Turkey first to condemn killing of top Iranian scientist

A group of protesters burn pictures of the US President Donald Trump, top, and the President-elect Joe Biden in a gathering in front of Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, a day after the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh an Iranian scientist linked to the country's nuclear program by unknown assailants near Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by a screen with an image of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018. Picture taken April 30, 2018. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen/File Photo
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Iran's top nuclear scientist stayed in shadows but his work was uncovered

Senior Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi Photo: Collected
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Israeli embassies on alert after Iran retaliation threats, Israel's N12 reports

A view shows the site of the attack that killed Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, outside Tehran, Iran, November 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
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US, world leaders silent on Fakhrizadeh killing; ex-CIA chief calls hit ‘reckless’

Expect some fallout. Photographer: Iranian State TV/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Iranian nuclear scientist killing will have fallout

The Islamic Republic reiterated that any attack on it by the United States would face a “crushing” response. Photo: Reuters
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