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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: What were the motives behind his killing?

Unknown to most Iranians until Friday, when he was assassinated, the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was well known to those who followed Iran’s nuclear programme. Western security sources regarded him as instrumental in it.

Iranian media downplayed Fakhrizadeh’s importance, introducing him as a scientist and researcher involved in the search for “homegrown test kits for Covid-19” in recent weeks.

Mark Fitzpatrick, an associate fellow with London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies who follows Iran’s nuclear programme closely, also tweeted: “Iran’s nuclear program is long past the point when it is dependent on a single individual“.

Yet we know that when he was attacked Fakhrizadeh was accompanied by several bodyguards, indicating how seriously Iran took his security.

by Blazingcatfur•November 29, 2020November 29, 2020•0•Iran

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran blames Israel for killing top scientist

Iran’s president has blamed Israel for the killing of a top nuclear scientist on Friday, and said it would not slow down the country’s nuclear programme.

Hassan Rouhani also said Iran would retaliate over Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s killing at a time of its choosing.

Fakhrizadeh was killed in an ambush on his car by gunmen in the town of Absard, east of the capital Tehran.

Israel has not commented, but it has previously accused him of being behind a covert nuclear weapons programme.

by Blazingcatfur•November 28, 2020November 28, 2020•0•Iran

Woman freed in Iran hostage swap was originally arrested for dating an Israeli: report

A British-Australian professor who spent 804 days in some of Iran’s most notorious jails was originally arrested for dating an Israeli, according to a report.

Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released from custody on Thursday after the Australian government secretly arranged a complicated prisoner swap also involving Thailand, the Australian paper The Age reports.

The university lecturer was stopped at Tehran airport in 2018, purportedly on false allegations she was a spy.

by Blazingcatfur•November 28, 2020November 28, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and hatred of Israel, Islam and hatred of Jews, Islam and violence

Backlash as Brennan sides with Iran’s Mullahs over killing of Iranian Nuclear Scientist

Following Iran’s announcement that the head of its nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on Friday afternoon, Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan set off a storm after criticizing the “criminal” killing.

In response to the Iranian scientist’s death, which was labelled a “major psychological and professional blow for Iran,” Brennan was quick to publicize his condemnation.

Behold the Biden administration.

by Blazingcatfur•November 28, 2020November 28, 2020•0•Iran, USA

Suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.

by Blazingcatfur•November 27, 2020November 27, 2020•0•Iran

CSIS alleges Iran used Toronto company to wire millions to Canada despite sanctions

A Toronto currency exchange business helped Iran secretly wire millions of dollars into Canada in violation of sanctions, according to a classified intelligence report that calls the financial transfers a threat to national security.

by Sarcasticat•November 25, 2020November 24, 2020•0•Canada, CSIS, Iran

CSIS alleges Iran used Toronto company to wire millions to Canada despite sanctions

A Canadian Security Intelligence Service report obtained by Global News accuses Alireza Onghaei, the investor immigrant behind the company, of “assisting the government of Iran in the clandestine wiring of monies into Canada.”

by Blazingcatfur•November 24, 2020November 24, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

What’s Behind Iran’s Terror Campaign in Europe?

A trial due to begin next week in the Belgian city of Antwerp is set to cast further light on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s use of official diplomatic missions in its ongoing campaign of violence and harassment of its opponents across the globe. While the threat of activities by non-state Sunni jihadi organizations remains high on the agenda of many western countries, the flouting by Iran of global norms in pursuit of the regime’s perceived enemies has received little focus. The Antwerp trial may serve to change this.

by Blazingcatfur•November 23, 2020November 22, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence