IRGC promises vengeance for assassination of top scientist

The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps promised the country would avenge a top nuclear scientist who was killed by a squad of gunmen.

"The cordial enemies of the Iranian nation, especially the designers, perpetrators and supporters of this crime, know that such crimes will not disrupt the determination of the Iranians to continue this glorious and authoritarian path," Hossein Salami wrote on Twitter Friday. He added, "Severe revenge and punishment are on the agenda."