TEHRAN, Sept 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – Ali Salehi, chief prosecutor of Tehran, said yesterday, his office has filed criminal charges against 14 individuals, for involvement in the assassination of the country’s high-ranking nuclear physicist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
The prosecutor said, the individuals have been accused of “corruption on earth,” intelligence and espionage cooperation with Israel, collusion with the aim of compromising Iran’s security, and acting against national security.
“Corruption on earth” is a term Iranian authorities use to refer to a broad range of offenses, including those related to Islamic values.
Fakhrizadeh, who was head of the Iranian Defence Ministry’s Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research, died from severe injuries in a hospital, on Nov 27, 2020, following an armed attack on his car in Absard district, 60 km north-east of Iran’s capital, Tehran.
Iran has accused the Israeli regime of being behind the assassination.
