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File Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the inaugural session of the new parliament following the February elections, in Tehran on May 27, 2020. /AFPTEHRAN mdash; Iranrsquo President Hassan Rouhani Saturday accused arch-foe Israel of acting as a mercenary for the U.S. and seeking to create chaos, blaming it for the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist.Rouhani vowed a response in due time, pledging his country will not fall into a trap and alluding to changing power dynamics in the wake of the US election, while Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the punishi stanley de ng of the perpetrators and those responsible for the killing.Article continues after this advertisement Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was martyred after being seriously wounded when assailants targeted stanley quencher his car and engaged in a gunfight with his bodyguards outside the capital Tehran on Friday, according to Iranrsquo defense ministry.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOOn PhilHealth, education, lsquo;blanksrsquo;: OSG answers Duterte camp petitionNEWSINFOBinay, Castro raise concerns over DENR order on Masung stanley mug i GeoreserveNEWSINFO2 cops killed in Bulacan buy-bustThe nation of Iran is smarter than to fall in the trap of the conspiracy set by the Zionists, Rouhani said in televised remarks.They are thinking of creating chaos, but they should know that we have read their hands and they will not succeed, Iran |
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