Iranian nuclear program head Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated

[danieldemol]

'The head of Iran's nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, was assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran, Iran confirmed on Friday afternoon.

"The nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated today by terrorists," the Iranian Defense Ministry wrote in a statement, not blaming any specific entity for the incident.

However, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif later stated on Twitter that "serious indication" pointed to Israeli involvement and urged the international community to condemn the attack.'

Read more here: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of Iran nuclear program, assassinated

 

[Revoltingest]

Oh, yeah....that'll help smooth relations with Iran.

 

[Regiomontanus]

Oh, yeah....that'll help smooth relations with Iran.

Yes, a nice FU to Biden to deal with.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Yes, a nice FU to Biden to deal with.

It helps Biden was Obama's Number One when Obama was dealt a platter of crap. Because he's been given a pretty crappy one himself.
But give him 8 years to build the economy up so Republicans can take credit for it. That's pretty much how it happens.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Unfortunate that Iran did not take care of its important scientist, even after four others were killed. Long back, an Indian Aircraft Engineer was killed in US. One has to be smart in International politics. If he was alive, perhaps we would not have required to purchase Rafales. But India is not known to be very smart.

 

[Wandering Monk]

Didn't I see a report that it was a suicide bomber? Hard to imagine an Israeli or US agent that would do that.

 

[Revoltingest]

Didn't I see a report that it was a suicide bomber? Hard to imagine an Israeli or US agent that would do that.

That isn't confirmed.
One vehicle was blown up, & another shot at.
Rouhani: Iran will retaliate for killing of nuclear scientist

Whether the US or Israel or both were behind this, I'm
sure that Iran has no other nuclear scientists <snicker>.
And this will certainly make Iran's government friendlier
to us.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

It helps Biden was Obama's Number One when Obama was dealt a platter of crap. Because he's been given a pretty crappy one himself.
But give him 8 years to build the economy up so Republicans can take credit for it. That's pretty much how it happens.

Or he'll just pull an Obama and try to destroy Iran like we helped destroy Libya. He's just another neoliberal puppet.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Or he'll just pull an Obama and try to destroy Iran like we helped destroy Libya. He's just another neoliberal puppet.

Pull an Obama? Do you recall "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran?"

 

[Revoltingest]

Pull an Obama? Do you recall "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran?"

Yet another illustration of why I thought McCain didn't deserve the
respect he got on both sides of the aisle. I don't mourn his death.

Perhaps we assassinated the guy as a "yosu miru", ie, a probing
move designed to elicit a response we can take advantage of.
One such killing won't stop their program. But if they retaliate in
kind, it could justify Trump & Israel waging a larger military attack,
something both have been itching for.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Pull an Obama? Do you recall "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran?"

McCain was a disgraceful warhawk, too. I didn't support him or vote for him. Hillary would be singing that right along with him. But that whataboutism doesn't change that Obama was also a warmonger who destroyed a country, armed jihadists and that Gaddafi's murder was a war crime.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

McCain was a disgraceful warhawk, too. I didn't support him or vote for him. Hillary would be singing that right along with him. But that whataboutism doesn't change that Obama was also a warmonger who destroyed a country and that Gaddafi's murder was a war crime.

Uncle Sam has been involved with Iran long before Obama. It's not whataboutism, it's pointing out this it's not accurate to place the blame on Obama woth this one because even Eisenhower stuck Uncle Sam's nose where it does not belong in regards to Iran.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Uncle Sam has been involved with Iran long before Obama. It's not whataboutism, it's pointing out this it's not accurate to place the blame on Obama woth this one because even Eisenhower stuck Uncle Sam's nose where it does not belong.

Oh, I wasn't blaming him for this one. Just that Biden is likely to be a warmonger like Obama and Clinton.