Tehran (IP) - Russia's Ambassador to Tehran said his country expects Tehran to punish perpetrators of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Iran PressIran news: On the sidelines of a ceremony to commemorate Martyr Fakhrizadeh held on Tuesday, Levan Jagarian said the terrorist act aimed at destabilizing the Middle East region and the Persian Gulf. 

The Russian envoy stated that his country strongly condemns the terrorist attack and expects the investigation of the case, stressing that whoever has committed the crime must severely be punished.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Research and Innovation Organization of the Ministry of Defence of Iran was martyred in a terrorist attack on the outskirts of Tehran on November 27.

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