Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:07 AM

Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

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Source: BBC

Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defence ministry has confirmed.

Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after an attack in Absard, in Damavand county.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has condemned the killing "as an act of state terror".

Western intelligence agencies view Fakhrizadeh as being behind Iran's secret nuclear weapons programme.

He was reportedly described as the "father of the Iranian bomb" by diplomats.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55105934

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Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran (Original post)	BlueWavePsych	Nov 27	OP
On edit: OP's original link is a 2010 story	muriel_volestrangler	Nov 27	#1
Thanks for heads-up. Fixed.	BlueWavePsych	Nov 27	#7
Someone really doesn't want Iran to acquire nukes.	paleotn	Nov 27	#2
It must be the Iranian wind energy lobby.	Beakybird	Nov 27	#4
Ha! Hadn't thought of that.	paleotn	Nov 27	#5
Doubt that the Mossad would have been killed in the attack too.	oldsoftie	Nov 27	#17
Good, but not perfect.	paleotn	Nov 27	#18
Yup, and the fact that it was REALLY sloppy.	Behind the Aegis	Nov 27	#19
More details now. Remote-control machine gun followed by self-destruct mechanism	Tarc	Nov 29	#21
Conformation bias	Behind the Aegis	Nov 29	#22
Not saying this as a negative thing	Tarc	Nov 29	#23
Pretty much the entire world	Polybius	Nov 27	#12
I've just realised - your OP link goes to a 2010 assassination	muriel_volestrangler	Nov 27	#3
Fixed. Thank you.	BlueWavePsych	Nov 27	#8
This is the kind of hit the Israelis do.	rickford66	Nov 27	#6
Or Navy Seals	Bayard	Nov 27	#10
It's a growth industry -- Saudis probably handled it	Ponietz	Nov 27	#11
Yeah, this won't cause any problems at all.	Calista241	Nov 27	#9
In the Sicario movies the CIA goes in and	Hotler	Nov 27	#13
Smells like...something	BeyondGeography	Nov 27	#14
Yep	Roy Rolling	Nov 27	#15
A Monkey Wrench in Hopes for Peace	McKim	Nov 27	#16
B-52s sent earlier to Israel in preparation may not have been a show of force	usajumpedtheshark	Nov 27	#20

Response to BlueWavePsych (Original post)

Fri Nov 27, 2020, 10:32 AM

muriel_volestrangler (95,140 posts)

1. On edit: OP's original link is a 2010 story

For today, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, said to have been killed, possibly by gunfire:

Link to tweet

"Repeated gunfire followed the sound of an explosion.
- A vehicle was targeted.
- Three to four people killed, including the perpetrators.

Fars says eyewitnesses confirmed Fakhrizadeh's assassination"

BBC article on Fakhrizadeh's killing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55105934

Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

1. On edit: OP's original link is a 2010 story

7. Thanks for heads-up. Fixed.

2. Someone really doesn't want Iran to acquire nukes.

4. It must be the Iranian wind energy lobby.

5. Ha! Hadn't thought of that.

17. Doubt that the Mossad would have been killed in the attack too.

18. Good, but not perfect.

19. Yup, and the fact that it was REALLY sloppy.

21. More details now. Remote-control machine gun followed by self-destruct mechanism

22. Conformation bias

23. Not saying this as a negative thing

12. Pretty much the entire world

3. I've just realised - your OP link goes to a *2010* assassination

8. Fixed. Thank you.

6. This is the kind of hit the Israelis do.

10. Or Navy Seals

11. It's a growth industry -- Saudis probably handled it

9. Yeah, this won't cause any problems at all.

13. In the Sicario movies the CIA goes in and

14. Smells like...something

15. Yep

16. A Monkey Wrench in Hopes for Peace

20. B-52s sent earlier to Israel in preparation may not have been a show of force

3. I've just realised - your OP link goes to a 2010 assassination