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The car in which the Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh († 62) was the victim of an attack on Friday is riddled with bullets. The debris from an explosion is scattered, the blood sticks to the road. Shortly after the attack in a suburb of Tehran, the father of the Iranian nuclear program dies in a hospital. Iranian politicians speak of a “terrorist attack”, accuse Iran’s two bitter enemies, the US and Israel – and threaten with “terrible revenge”.
Fakhrizadeh is not the first Iranian nuclear scientist killed, but probably the most important. He was an expert in rocket manufacturing and is considered the father of the “Amad” and “Hope” nuclear programs, where the atomic bomb is said to have been tinkered with. Iran itself has always denied such bombing ambitions.
The New York Times reports: Israel was planning an attack
In 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (71) made Fakhrizadeh famous around the world. “Take note of this name,” Netanyahu said on television about the Iranian.
Not surprisingly, shortly after the latest attack, the New York Times, citing US intelligence circles, reported that Israel was responsible. Israeli secret service minister Eli Cohen (48) said he did not know who was responsible for the attack. But he said significantly: “Israel has made it clear that it will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.”
Iranian President Hassan Rohani (72) told state television: “Once again, imperialism and its Zionist mercenaries caused bloodshed and the death of an Iranian scientist.” The chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, Mohammad Bagheri, launched belligerent tones and threatened violent reprisals.
However, observers believe the threat is unlikely to become a reality. Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei (64) also indicated yesterday that Tehran does not want an escalation. “We should definitely not fall into that trap,” he said.
Are the mullahs waiting for Trump to leave?
The mullahs’ bill: they count on potential US President Joe Biden (78) – after years of maximum pressure from Donald Trump – to rely on dialogue again since January. Had there been further strikes against Iran in the final weeks of Trump’s term, the current president would have put together a rather undiplomatic farewell gift for Biden: a powder keg in the Middle East.
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