Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s top nuclear scientist, was assassinated on November 27, 2020. His car, which was passing through Absard, a town about 70 kms east of Tehran, stopped as a booby-trapped vehicle exploded; gun men appeared; his bodyguards exchanged fire with them, and Iranian officials have said that ‘three to four’ of the attackers were killed. Fakhrizadeh was helicoptered to a hospital where he died.
We need to understand this dastardly act in context. A timeline might help:
Wednesday, November 11, 2020.
The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) comes out with a report stating that Iran has enriched 2442.9 kg. as opposed to 202.8 kg as stipulated in the JCPOA (Joint Common Programme Of Action). The report added that Iran had moved a centrifuge or two from Natanz uranium enrichment facility to an unknown place. (Having dealt with the IAEA in the past, this writer thinks that the U.S. mission in Vienna might have played a role in the timing of the report.)
Monday, November 16.
President Trump discusses ‘options’ with Vice President Pence, Secretary of State Pompeo, Acting Defence Secretary Christopher Miller, and Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff General Mark Milley. Trump wanted to bomb Natanz. He was advised against it. Trump’s advisors argued that any such act “could easily escalate into a broader conflict.” Apparently, Trump accepted the advice.
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