Venezuelan foreign minister in a tweet condemned the terrorist assassination of the Head of the Research and Innovation Organization of Iran's Ministry of Defense Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Iran Press/America: Tweeting on Friday night, Jorge Arreaza said: "Venezuela condemns the assassination of the eminent Iranian scientist, Dr. Mohsen Fajrizade in the vicinity of Tehran."

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Research and Innovation Organization of the Ministry of Defense and prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, was assassinated and martyred on Friday afternoon local time in Damavand, Tehran Province, by unknown individuals during an armed conflict with his bodyguards.

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