UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 8, 2020 -- An Iranian flag is pictured at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo by Li Muzi/Xinhua via Getty) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s was “assassinated” Friday, state television said.Israel declined to immediately comment on the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once called out in a news conference saying: “Remember that name.” Israel has long been suspected of carrying out a series of targeted killings of Iranian nuclear scientists nearly a decade ago.State TV Friday cited sources confirming the death.