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Gen. Hossein Dehghan. Credit: AP/PTI Photo
A military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday accused Israel of killing a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist to try to provoke a war.
"In the last days of the political life of their ... ally (US President Donald Trump), the Zionists (Israel) seek to intensify pressure on Iran and create a full-blown war," commander Hossein Dehghan tweeted.
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Israel and the US Pentagon both earlier declined to comment on reports of the attack.
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