OREANDA-NEWS. Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, stated that Tehran managed to establish who organized the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, pointing to the role of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad.

Shamkhani said in a video published by the agency Tasnim that a complex operation with the use of electronic equipment was conducted. Despite of the fact that there was no one on the scene of the assassination attempt, some clues were found. Iranian authorities know who planned the murder, and they know his past, the politician added.

According to Shamkhani, Israel’s Mossad, as well as the organization People’s of Mujahedin of Iran, which is banned in the country, played certain role in the assassination attempt.

Nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Tehran Province on November 27. He was seriously injured and later died in hospital.