Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Assassinated As Israel Tries To Provoke War

One day before a Mossad agent, the Australian More Gilbert was swapped against 3 Iranian businessmen kept captured in Thailand. This is the point making this assassination twice bitter for Iranians. I agree Iran is not going to demonstrate a reflex reaction to this, however I couldn’t imagine that they not pay back hard for this one.

Posted by: Framarz | Nov 27 2020 17:24 utc | 1

How long before Biden cranks up the Bush/Obama regime change machine? Gina and her pals must be green lighting projects left right and centre.

Posted by: Ramon Zarate | Nov 27 2020 17:25 utc | 2

Thanks for the posting b

This is certainly a cause for war if done in other contexts but I agree that Iran is too smart to take the war bait.  55 days until Trump is SUPPOSED to leave office but today Trump is challenging Biden to prove he got his votes without fraud.

One would think that this action by Occupied Palestine would signal that Trump was a more favored puppet than Biden.....hard to believe, but actions seem to be speaking very loud right now.

The Roaring 20's crazy all in one year this century, who would have thought.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 27 2020 17:29 utc | 3

At this moment, here is how Reuters describes "mastermind" Fakhrizadeh:

Main Headline:
Suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

Subtext:
An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb program was killed in an ambush near Tehran that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump's presidency.

Posted by: librul | Nov 27 2020 17:42 utc | 4

What is going to be the response of the UN Security Council?

Likely more fodder for it being a toothless High Court of failing empire. When are the alternative nations going to go beyond the regional organizations and offer a comprehensive alternative to empire in our world? They are being forced into such but if they would become proactive it would speed the process along.

And yeah, maybe 2020 is just the beginning of a new phase in human greed crazy instead of an evolutionary step forward in human sharing.....too early to tell.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 27 2020 17:47 utc | 5

The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces:

Once again, the inwardly blind terrorists affiliated with the global arrogance and the evil Zionist regime, in a brutal act, martyred one of the managers and servants of the country's scientific, research and defense fields.
Martyr Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh; The head of the Research and Innovation Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics was one of the senior managers of the country's defense industry who had been the source of many services during his blessed life and was able to bring the country's defense capability to an acceptable level of deterrence. The assassination of this capable and worthy manager, although it was a bitter and heavy blow to the country's defense complex, but the inwardly blind enemies know that the path started by the Fakhrizadeh will never stop. The terrorist groups and the perpetrators of this blind act should also know that severe revenge awaits them.

 

While congratulating and condoling the martyrdom of this scientist in the defense industry to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the Minister of Defense and Support of the Armed Forces, his colleagues and the family of the martyr; We assure you that we will not stop prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of this assassination of Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Fars News Agency – 27.11.20

When it comes from the chief of staff, IRGC general Mohammad Bagheri, no one should doubt that the promise will be kept. This is one of the generals known to be very calm and controlled but sharp and deadly. Are we going to witness another Service flight to crash down in Afghanistan (or maybe UAE)?

Posted by: Framarz | Nov 27 2020 17:57 utc | 6

thanks b.... i wait with baited breath the idea that Biden would condemn this assassination... you can't serve israel and do that at the same time...

israel as it presently stands, sure is a plague on the world today...

Posted by: james | Nov 27 2020 18:03 utc | 7

Trump has said that his red line is the killing of Americans.

IMO these provocation by Israel are just leading up to some terrorist incident with American deaths.

That's when Trump will act.

And I suspect that Trump will frame it as punishing Iran for bad behavior just as Iran punished USA after the assassination of Gen. Soleimani. I wrote about this scenario in a recent comment (@Nov26 14:14 #86). Iran will reject the limited strike that Trump proposes, but Trump will go ahead anyway. Then what happens?!!

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Nov 27 2020 18:28 utc | 8

@ jackrabbit - iran, barely punished usa for the assassination of soleimani.... i think the response to soleimanis death hasn't been enacted yet..

Posted by: james | Nov 27 2020 18:38 utc | 9

China and Russia should send their top nuclear scientists to Iran - if not to compensate for the loses of knowledge, just for a symbolic visit. That should send a strong message to those terrorist organizations that undertook the attack.

Posted by: d dan | Nov 27 2020 18:43 utc | 10

i don't think the israelis would have done this without telling the u.s. This is trump's last gambit to hang onto power. and of course the israelis are always happy to murder iranian scientists.

Posted by: pretzelattack | Nov 27 2020 18:43 utc | 11

james @7 Occupied Palestine has been a plague since it began 1917 but with the real entry into their terroristic ethnic cleansing in 1948 - and most particularly a plague on the Palestinians, the indigenous peoples of that land; but also a plague on the Lebanese, Syrians, Iranians; i.e. any group (brown skinned, bien sur) who stand in the way of the Occupiers of Palestine and their machinations...

I still cannot wrap my mind round how the Occupiers of Palestine can enter, commit mayhem and leave Iran without problem...but Iranians can't, won't do the same...

Posted by: Anne | Nov 27 2020 18:45 utc | 12

@7 james @8 jackrabbit

I think you both don’t recognize that, just like US, there are two camps in Occupied Palestine, one in favour and one against JCPOA. This terror act could very well be utilized for a return of US to the JCPOA with Zionists secret support and opportunist game-play by Iranian Technocrats.

Posted by: Framarz | Nov 27 2020 18:56 utc | 13

israel either bribed trump (he's been begging for cash to pay campaign debts) or this is a spite move by trump on the way out to make it impossible for biden to reinstate the agreement with iran. biden is a warmonger, but iran is the one way he wouldn't want. biden campaigned as a warmed over obama 2.0, and a centerpiece of the obama foreign policy was the treaty with iran. surprise the hell out of me, but it was s smart move by obama for once.

Posted by: pretzelattack | Nov 27 2020 18:56 utc | 14

Meanwhile by the spontaneous demo of Iranian students (those who are going to fill the ranks in Defence and Nuclear industries) marching from the Presidential Office to the Supreme Security Council:

... Revenge for the blood of our martyred scientist requires a will to expel the IAEA inspectors from the nuclear facilities. ... To restore the status of the Islamic Republic, we expect a response from all government and military officials to avenge this strategic blow by cutting off the hands of terrorists from nuclear facilities. ... - Fars News Agency - 27.11.20 

You should read “cutting off the hands of terrorists from nuclear facilities” as “we demand the end of IAEA inspections”, hinting the point that Mossad and Western services get lots of their intelligence about who-is-who in Iranian nuclear industry from IAEA.

Posted by: Framarz | Nov 27 2020 19:27 utc | 15