Larijani blames Israel, US for death of Iran physicist

Iranian parliament speaker calls drive-by shooting a "US-Zionist terrorist act that targeted one of the elites of Iran," warns US officials to "think well about the consequences of their actions."

He warned US officials to "think well about the consequences of their actions," according to IRNA. The official also called on Iranian security forces to "respond promptly" to the attack.

The physicist, Darioush Rezaie, 35,was shot dead by a motorcyclist in Tehran on Saturday. Rezaie was a university teacher who held a PhD in physics. It was not clear whether he was part of Iran's nuclear enrichment program.
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