Mourners Chant “Death To Israel” And “Death To America” At Funeral Of Murdered Iranian Nuclear Expert

Thousands of mourners were chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” on Friday in the midst of the funeral of a murdered nuclear expert whom Iranian officials accuse the 2 nations of murdering in a bomb blast this week as part of a secret operation to stop Iran’s nuclear program.

The assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan is raising calls in Iran for retaliation against the U.S. and Israel, and an independent news website Friday stated that Iran is getting a covert counteroffensive ready against the West.

Roshan, a chemistry expert and a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, was murdered in a brazen daylight assassination when 2 assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to his car Wednesday in Tehran. The murder bore a strong resemblance to earlier murders of scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program.

State TV showed thousands of people toting Roshan’s coffin through central Tehran before it was taken to a north cemetery for burial. As it marched, the crowd was chanting “death to terrorists.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, called Roshan’s killing a “cowardly assassination” and accused the U.S. and Israel of being behind the attack. He made a vow Thursday that the enforcers and those who ordered the attack would be punished.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is denying any American role in the killing and the U.S administration condemned the attack. Israeli officials, in contrast, have benn hinting at covert campaigns against Iran without directly admitting involvement.

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