Iran’s UN Envoy Claims Nuclear Scientists Assassinated by ‘Israeli-Hired Terrorists’

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi talks to th
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The Times of Israel reports: Iran’s ambassador to the United Nation’s atomic agency claimed that “Israel-hired terrorists” were behind the assassinations of several nuclear scientists in recent years.

Speaking with the IAEA Board of Governors, Reza Najafi (pictured) on Thursday also criticized Israel for not adhering to international nuclear treaties, and the international community for ignoring it.

“While nuclear scientists across the entire Middle East have been assassinated by Israeli-hired terrorists, the regime’s nuclear experts are allowed access to some countries’ nuclear facilities,” he said, according to reports in Iranian media.

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