Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani, pointing out the role of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, said that Tehran established those who organized the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, RIA Novosti reported.

According to Shamkhani, Israel and Mossad played their part in the assassination attempt.

Nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in an assassination attempt in Tehran province on November 27. He has died in hospital. The Iranian defense ministry confirmed that the scientist was the head of the organization for research and innovation at the department.