Iranian Nuclear Scientist Suspected of Leading Covert Atomic Bomb Programme Assassinated
4 years ago

Iranian Nuclear Scientist Suspected of Leading Covert Atomic Bomb Programme Assassinated

News 18  

An Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret atomic weapons programme was assassinated near Tehran on Friday, Iranian state media reported. Fakhrizadeh has long been described by Western, Israeli and Iranian exile foes of Iran’s clerical rulers as a leader of a covert atomic bomb programme halted in 2003. The semi-official news agency Tasnim said earlier that “terrorists blew up another car” before firing on a vehicle carrying Fakhrizadeh and his bodyguards in an ambush outside the capital. He has the rare distinction of being the only Iranian scientist named in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 2015 “final assessment” of open questions about Iran’s nuclear programme and whether it was aimed at developing a nuclear bomb.

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Iran willing to resolve 'ambiguities' over atomic programme, Iranian President Pezeshkian tells UN nuclear chief
1 month, 1 week ago

Iran willing to resolve 'ambiguities' over atomic programme, Iranian President Pezeshkian tells UN nuclear chief

Firstpost  

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday that his government was willing to resolve doubts about its atomic programme, ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s arrival in office. AP File Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday that his government was willing to resolve …

Iran says ex-official had role in death of nuclear scientist
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran says ex-official had role in death of nuclear scientist

Al Jazeera  

Iran state media claims British-Iranian Alireza Akbari, sentenced to death on Wednesday, had a role in the 2020 assassination of a top military scientist. Iran’s official IRNA news agency has published a video purporting to show that British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari played a role in the 2020 assassination of the country’s top nuclear scientist. Iran’s judicial news agency Mizan Online …

Mossad chief: Iran nuclear deal won’t halt Israeli ‘operations’
2 years, 3 months ago

Mossad chief: Iran nuclear deal won’t halt Israeli ‘operations’

Al Jazeera  

While Israel has never admitted to any attacks, it has been accused of engaging in a shadow war with Iran for years. The head of Israel’s spy agency Mossad has said in a speech that the revival of a nuclear deal with world powers will not give Iran “immunity” from Israeli operations. Barnea said investigations opened by the International Atomic …

Thousands attend funeral for slain Guard colonel in Iran
2 years, 7 months ago

Thousands attend funeral for slain Guard colonel in Iran

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of mourners poured into the streets of Tehran on Tuesday to pay their respects to a senior Revolutionary Guard member fatally shot by two gunmen on a motorcycle earlier this week, punching the air with their fists and chanting “Death to Israel.” The killing on Sunday of Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei bore the hallmarks of previous …

Iran vows revenge as it mourns killed Revolutionary Guard member
2 years, 7 months ago

Iran vows revenge as it mourns killed Revolutionary Guard member

Al Jazeera  

Iranian officials have largely refrained from directly blaming Israel for the killing of senior IRGC member Khodaei. Tehran, Iran – Senior Iranian officials have promised to take revenge for the assassination of a senior member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as a large funeral procession was held for him in Tehran. Iranian officials have so far largely refrained from …

Iran’s nuclear sites attacked in 600 words
3 years, 8 months ago

Iran’s nuclear sites attacked in 600 words

Al Jazeera  

Recent sabotage at Iran’s Natanz facility threatens to upend nuclear negotiations, which began last week, and heighten regional tensions. Iran’s nuclear programme has been targeted in sabotage attacks over the last decade, the latest incident striking its underground Natanz facility. Nuclear sites Natanz, in Iran’s central Isfahan province, hosts the country’s main uranium enrichment facility. ‘Nuclear terrorism’ The head of …

UN nuclear chief says Iran to grant ‘less access’ to program
3 years, 10 months ago

UN nuclear chief says Iran to grant ‘less access’ to program

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will begin to offer United Nations inspectors “less access” to its nuclear program as part of its pressure campaign on the West, though investigators will still be able to monitor Tehran’s work, the U.N. atomic watchdog’s chief said Sunday. And the parliament adopted legislation — whether we like it or not.” Zarif’s comments marked the highest-level …

Iranian nuclear scientist killed by Israeli automated gun: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Iranian nuclear scientist killed by Israeli automated gun: Report

Al Jazeera  

The Jewish Chronicle says Israeli-led team of 20 plus agents killed Mohsen Fakhrizadeh using a smuggled one-tonne gun. The Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran in November was killed by a one-tonne gun smuggled into Iran in pieces by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, according to a report by The Jewish Chronicle. Citing intelligence sources, the British weekly said a …

Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's killing points to Israel's murderous game plan
4 years ago

Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's killing points to Israel's murderous game plan

The Hindu  

The assassination of MohsenFakhrizadeh, a high-ranking nuclear physicist who headed the Iranian Defence Ministry’s Innovation and Research wing, on November 27 on the outskirts of Tehran was done with the express purpose of provoking a new military confrontation in the region and permanently scuttling the United States-Iran nuclear deal. Fakhrizadeh’s assassination was planned to sabotage the stated goal of the …

Israeli spy dramas fuel interest in joining secretive Mossad agency
4 years ago

Israeli spy dramas fuel interest in joining secretive Mossad agency

The Telegraph  

It is often considered the most secretive and ruthless of all spy networks, emerging briefly from the shadows to confront Israel's enemies before vanishing once more. But a wave of nail-biting spy thrillers on streaming websites, as well as last month’s high profile assassination of an Iranian scientist, have placed Mossad firmly in the public eye. “When people see the …

Iran president says Israel was behind killing of scientist
4 years ago

Iran president says Israel was behind killing of scientist

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Monday claimed that Israel was behind the killing of a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s in an effort to start a war in the last days of President Trump’s administration. “These are not matters of discussion, at all.” Rouhani also said the reaction of the …

Why was Iran’s top nuclear scientist assassinated?
4 years ago

Why was Iran’s top nuclear scientist assassinated?

Al Jazeera  

Many Iranians had no idea who Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was when he was assassinated at the end of November. But intelligence services in Israel and the United States had been tracking Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. We are exploring Fakhrizadeh’s story and the future of US-Iran relations as the US transitions from a Donald Trump administration to Joe Biden. The …

Iran accuses West of backing Israel on scientist assassination
4 years ago

Iran accuses West of backing Israel on scientist assassination

Al Jazeera  

Iranian foreign minister calls on Gulf neighbours to engage with Tehran to fight ‘Israeli terrorism’ in the region. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused Israel of killing its top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh amid the silence and complicity of the West and also called on Iran’s Gulf neighbours not to support Israel against Iran. Why is Israel committing …

Iran’s Zarif warns of ‘misinformation’ over scientist’s killing
4 years ago

Iran’s Zarif warns of ‘misinformation’ over scientist’s killing

Al Jazeera  

Iranian foreign minister says a ‘targeted misinformation campaign and psychological war’ is on after Fakhrizadeh’s assassination. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of a “targeted misinformation campaign and psychological war” following the assassination of the country’s top nuclear scientist last week. Parliament aims to expel IAEA inspectors Zarif’s statement came as conservatives and hardliners in …

Past and present: Israel’s targeting of Iran nuclear aspirations
4 years ago

Past and present: Israel’s targeting of Iran nuclear aspirations

Al Jazeera  

While Israel has denied involvement in the killing of a top nuclear scientist, it has been linked for a decade to such attacks. However, the New York Times quoted an unnamed senior Israeli official involved in tracking Iranian nuclear activities as saying, “Iran’s aspirations for nuclear weapons, promoted by Mr Fakhrizadeh, posed such a menace that the world should thank …

Iran says weapon used to kill top nuclear scientist was ‘made in Israel’
4 years ago

Iran says weapon used to kill top nuclear scientist was ‘made in Israel’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Iran has claimed that the …

Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely
4 years ago

Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s. Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, made the comment at the funeral for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, where Iran’s defense minister separately vowed to continue …

'Israel Acting As Mercenary For United States', Iran President Hassan Rouhani On Assassination Of Nuclear Scientist
4 years ago

'Israel Acting As Mercenary For United States', Iran President Hassan Rouhani On Assassination Of Nuclear Scientist

ABP News  

Iran accuses Israel of scientist's murder Commenting on the death of scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian official on Monday blaming arch-foe Israel and an exiled opposition group, said that the scientist was killed in a new type of "complex operation.”The "operation was very complex, using electronic equipment and no one was present at the scene," said the secretary of …

Iran accuses Israel of using 'electronic devices' to remotely kill top nuclear scientist
4 years ago

Iran accuses Israel of using 'electronic devices' to remotely kill top nuclear scientist

India TV News  

A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program in the 2000s. Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, made the comment at the funeral for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, where Iran's defense minister separately vowed to continue the man’s work …

Iranian official accuses Israel of killing Fakhrizadeh remotely
4 years ago

Iranian official accuses Israel of killing Fakhrizadeh remotely

Al Jazeera  

A senior Iranian security official offers a drastically different account of the high-profile assassination. Tehran, Iran – A senior Iranian security official alleges that Israel assassinated top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh using remote-controlled technology. “Unfortunately, the operation was very complicated and was done using electronic equipment and no were at the scene,” Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National …

Iran says Israel killed nuclear scientist remotely with ‘electronic devices’
4 years ago

Iran says Israel killed nuclear scientist remotely with ‘electronic devices’

LA Times  

Caretakers from the Imam Reza holy shrine carry the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi on Saturday. A top Iranian security official Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s. Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, made the …

Trump risks war again: Will the world condemn the murder of Iran's top nuclear scientist?
4 years ago

Trump risks war again: Will the world condemn the murder of Iran's top nuclear scientist?

Salon  

Israel used all four years of Donald Trump's presidency to entrench its systems of occupation and apartheid. Now that Joe Biden has won the U.S. presidential election, the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist — likely by Israel, with the go-ahead from the U.S. — is a desperate attempt to use Trump's last days in office to sabotage Biden's chances …

Iran buries slain nuclear scientist, promises retaliation
4 years ago

Iran buries slain nuclear scientist, promises retaliation

Al Jazeera  

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh buried as a top Iranian security official accuses Israel of using ‘electronic devices’ to remotely kill him. Tehran, Iran – Iran has laid to rest assassinated nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, in the capital Tehran as authorities blamed Israel for the killing and repeated vows to avenge it. ‘Not terror will go unanswered’ Fakhrizadeh, a top figure in Iran’s …

Assassination and its aftermath
4 years ago

Assassination and its aftermath

The Hindu  

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian scientist who led Iran’s nuclear weapons programme until it was disbanded, was assassinated last week. Mr. Trump, because of his dislike for former President Barack Obama, may be willing to order air strikes on Iranian nuclear installations in order to pre-empt the U.S.’s return to the nuclear agreement that was the foremost achievement of Mr. Obama’s …

Iranian scientist Fakhrizadeh assassination: Leaked data shows how 62-member squad executed the plot
4 years ago

Iranian scientist Fakhrizadeh assassination: Leaked data shows how 62-member squad executed the plot

Op India  

In a dramatic operation, Iranian top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and a brigadier general in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was assassinated on the outskirts of Tehran on Friday triggering a new crisis in West Asia. According to ELINT News, an independent organisation that covers geostrategic developments in the region and London-based journalist M Majed, the initial assessment of …

Hassan Rouhani accuses Israel of assassinating Iran's top nuclear scientist, vows revenge
4 years ago

Hassan Rouhani accuses Israel of assassinating Iran's top nuclear scientist, vows revenge

Firstpost  

After years of being in the shadows, the image of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh suddenly was to be seen everywhere in Iranian media, as his widow spoke on state television and officials publicly demanded revenge on Israel for the scientist’s slaying Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday demanded the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist who led Tehran’s …

Explained: What does the killing of nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh mean for Iran?
4 years ago

Explained: What does the killing of nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh mean for Iran?

The Hindu  

The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian nuclear scientist and a brigadier general in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on the outskirts of Tehran on Friday has triggered a new crisis in West Asia. Fakhrizadeh, according to the U.S. and Israel, had overseen Iran’s nuclear weapons programme in the 1990s and early 2000s, and remained a key figure …

Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed
4 years ago

Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian scientist named by the West as the leader of the Islamic Republic’s disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday in an ambush on the outskirts of Tehran, authorities said. Iran’s foreign minister alleged the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh bore “serious indications” of an Israeli role, but did not elaborate. While no one claimed …

Rouhani accuses ‘mercenary’ Israel of killing top Iran scientist
4 years ago

Rouhani accuses ‘mercenary’ Israel of killing top Iran scientist

Al Jazeera  

Iran’s president has accused Israel of killing a high-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme, state TV reported. “The assassination of martyr Fakhrizadeh shows our enemies’ despair and the depth of their hatred … His martyrdom will not slow down our achievements.” Iran’s religious and military rulers have threatened revenge for …

Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge for assassination of nuclear scientist
4 years ago

Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge for assassination of nuclear scientist

LA Times  

Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday demanded the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist who led Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program, as the Islamic Republic blamed Israel for a slaying that has raised fears of reignited tensions across the Middle East. Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian scientists a decade ago amid earlier tensions over Tehran’s nuclear …

‘Harsh revenge’: How will Iran respond to scientist’s killing?
4 years ago

‘Harsh revenge’: How will Iran respond to scientist’s killing?

Al Jazeera  

Iran weighs its options for taking revenge for the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Tehran, Iran – The Iranian authorities have promised to exact “harsh revenge” after top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in an explosion and a hail of bullets near Tehran on Friday. “Iran knows well that the political aspect of this assassination is a more …

Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated, with Tehran threatening retaliation
4 years ago

Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated, with Tehran threatening retaliation

ABC  

An Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding an alleged secret atomic weapons program has been assassinated near Tehran. Key points: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh reportedly died of injuries in hospital after armed assassins fired on his vehicle He has been described by Israel as a leader of a covert atomic bomb programme that was halted in 2003 An …

Iran FM: Indications of Israeli role in scientist's killing
4 years ago

Iran FM: Indications of Israeli role in scientist's killing

The Independent  

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Iran blames Israel after top nuclear scientist killed in an ambush
4 years ago

Iran blames Israel after top nuclear scientist killed in an ambush

The Hindu  

An Iranian scientist named by the West as the leader of the Islamic Republic’s disbanded military nuclear program was killed on Friday in an ambush on the outskirts of Tehran, authorities said. Iran’s foreign minister alleged the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh bore “serious indications” of an Israeli role, but did not elaborate. Act of 'state terror', says Iran While no …

Iran's top scientist linked to military nuclear program 'assassinated'
4 years ago

Iran's top scientist linked to military nuclear program 'assassinated'

India TV News  

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 …

Gunned-down Iranian nuclear scientist was an Israeli target for years
4 years ago

Gunned-down Iranian nuclear scientist was an Israeli target for years

LA Times  

He was one of Iran’s preeminent nuclear scientists, the country’s answer to Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to build a nuclear bomb during World War II. The killing of Fakhrizadeh is certain to rattle Iran and incite calls for revenge similar to those that followed the U.S. strike in Iraq in January that killed Maj. …

Who is Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the 'father of the Iranian bomb' assassinated near Tehran?
4 years ago

Who is Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the 'father of the Iranian bomb' assassinated near Tehran?

The Telegraph  

"Remember that name," Israel's prime minister said of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during a 2018 speech where he accused the scientist of leading Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme. On Friday the same man, who was known as "the father of the Iranian bomb," died in a hospital near Tehran after his car was sprayed with bullets by unidentified assassins. Mr Fakhrizadeh is …

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Who was the assassinated Iranian scientist?
4 years ago

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Who was the assassinated Iranian scientist?

Al Jazeera  

Iranian scientist widely seen by Western intelligence as mastermind behind Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday, was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Israel has also described the AMAD Plan as Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme, …

How Iranian scientist’s killing could derail future US-Iran talks
4 years ago

How Iranian scientist’s killing could derail future US-Iran talks

Al Jazeera  

‘Combustible’ period before Joe Biden takes office could complicate US president-elect’s plan to restart diplomacy with Iran, analysts say. Biden, who will take office on January 20, has said he wants to return to a 2015 international accord that curbed the Iranian nuclear programme – a move that would signal a pullback from President Donald Trump’s hardline “maximum pressure” campaign …

Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran
4 years ago

Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran

Al Jazeera  

Iranian foreign minister condemns killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as an ‘act of state terror’ and links Israel to the attack. Fakhrizadeh was shot “by terrorists” in his vehicle in Absard, a suburb in eastern Tehran, and he later succumbed to his injuries in what amounted to a “martyr’s death”, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Iran’s foreign minister alleged the …

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