Students affiliated with Basij paramilitary group hold small protest outside foreign ministry in Tehran; some call to expel IAEA inspectors in response to assassination

Khamenei calls for 'punishing the perpetrators,' says Fakhrizadeh's scientific work will continue

A team of gunmen assassinated alleged head of Iranian nuclear weapons program, several of his bodyguards, after stopping vehicle with a hidden explosive, local reports say

UN calls for restraint after assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist; Pompeo announces sanctions against supporters of Iran's missile program; US aircraft carrier sails to Gulf

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is latest, and most prominent, of numerous leading researchers assassinated over past decade, in remarkably similar attacks Iran has ascribed to US and Israel

US reportedly determined in 2007 that the scientist's job as a lecturer was a cover for his role spearheading Tehran's illicit nuclear weapons development

Three intelligence officials tell paper that Jerusalem is responsible for assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, as Iran vows 'severe revenge' for killing

Zarif blasts 'terrorist cowardice' in Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's killing; army chief, senior adviser to Khamenei promise retaliation: 'We will make them regret their actions!'

Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been called by diplomats 'the father of the Iranian bomb'; Netanyahu once said: 'Remember that name, Fakhrizadeh'

In defiance of international sanctions on nuclear program and amid European criticism, bill also calls for operating metal uranium production plant