December 25 2020
A senior Iranian official says the assassination of nuclear scientist Moh-sen Fakhrizadeh proves the country is on the right path to advance science.
Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said Iran will keep making scientific breakthroughs on different fronts.
“A serious move has been set in motion in the domain of science and technology. Incidents such as the assassination of Fakhrizadeh indicate these [scientific] developments are running the right course,” he said.
“A move has taken shape in the technology and innovation ecosystem, and developments are emerging in the science and technology field,” he said.
“We should make up for the loss of scientists such as Fakhrizadeh,” he added.
Sattari explained that he had sat down with Fakhrizadeh around one month before his assassination. “In that meeting, we discussed the coronavirus vaccine and measures adopted in that regard,” said the vice president.