Iran's Foreign Minister said the international community's response to the killing of prominent Saudi journalist and critic was late yet severe.

Iran Press/Iran News: In an interview with NHK broadcasting center, Mohamad Javad Zarif added, "I believe thorough investigation into the case must be ensured."

Zarif noted massive investment made by the United States in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the region is only causing chaos, IRNA reported.

Murdering the prominent journalist has drawn fire from around the globe particularly across the political spectrum.

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Sky News claimed that body parts belonging to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found, with body parts “cut up” and the face of the victim disfigured.

The news comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded Saudi officials reveal the whereabouts of Khashoggi’s remains, after the Saudi government admitted Khashoggi had been murdered, albeit in a “fist fight” with officials inside the consulate in Istanbul.

Speaking before the Turkish parliament on Tuesday, Erdogan said that “the evidence we have so far collected indicate that Jamal Khashoggi was slain in a vicious, violent murder," planned in advance by the Saudi government.

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Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October second to collect documents for his forthcoming marriage, but his Turkish fiancée who was expecting him in front of the consulate never saw him again.

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After 18 days of silence and rejecting claims that Khashoggi was killed, the Saudi government finally bowed down to international pressure on October 20th and claimed the prominent journalist was killed in a fist-fight inside Istanbul consulate.

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