An-Najah News - Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, has claimed that Israel assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in daylight.

he said it's an ambush to try and drag the region into war while Donald Trump is still US president.

The comments were made during a press conference in Tehran, where Rouhani was highlighting that Iran’s key priorities are ensuring the security and stability of the region. 

Accusing Israel of the scientist’s assassination, Rouhani declared: “Waging instability and war in the final days of the Trump administration was the main aim of the Zionist regime in the assassination.”

The Iranian leader pledged to take revenge for the murder of Fakhrizadeh but said they will wait until the appropriate time and place, so as not to destabilize the region during the US presidential transition period.