SCO denounces assassination of top Iranian scientist

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) strongly condemned the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist and researcher Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

According to Tasnim news agency, in a statement on Thursday, the SCO condemned the terror act and “all destabilizing acts in the region, as well as terrorism, in any form”.

According to the organization, such actions are not only against all norms of intergovernmental relations and international law but also threaten peace and stability in a fragile region.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization expressed hope that the perpetrators of this cowardly attack would be identified and brought to justice.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an intergovernmental organization founded for multilateral, political, economic, and security cooperation.

China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India are its main members, and Iran, Mongolia, Afghanistan and Belarus are observers.

Dr. Fakhrizadeh, a senior nuclear scientist and researcher, was assassinated in a small city east of Tehran on November 27.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani says it has become clear to Tehran that Munafeqin (Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization terrorists), the Zionist regime, and its spy service Mossad have been behind the assassination attack.

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