Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear work in return for the lifting of sanctions. Iran has always denied pursuing nuclear weapons, saying its aims are only peaceful. Fakhrizadeh was thought to have headed what the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the US intelligence services believe was Iran's nuclear arms programme. He was the only Iranian scientist named in the IAEA's 2015 "final assessment" of open questions about Iran's nuclear programme. It said he oversaw activities "in support of a possible military dimension to (Iran's) nuclear programme".

Source: bd News24 November 28, 2020 10:54 UTC