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Iran immediately charged the “local mercenaries” of the United States and Israel; officially, it is still unclear who is behind the death of Iranian nuclear physicist Fachrisadeh. However, theories are circulating and there are signs.
By Benjamin Hammer, ARD Studio Tel Aviv
Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman has been dealing with assassinations by the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad for years. It cannot say openly that Israel is behind the attack on nuclear scientist Mohsen Fachrisadeh. Even if he knew for sure. Bergman is also subject to Israeli military censorship. But the Israeli knows how incredibly complicated it is to plan and carry out such an attack.
“As an Israeli, I don’t want to sound too patriotic. But I believe that currently only an intelligence organization can begin to achieve what we saw on Friday. The Israeli Mossad has achieved unprecedented capabilities to penetrate Iran, obtain information and operate.”
Bergman is the co-author of several articles that have appeared in the New York Times in recent days. It says Israel was behind the attack. The newspaper cites intelligence circles. It has been standard practice for decades after such incidents that Israel neither confirms nor denies its role. However, the fact that the country is focusing even more has to do with the statements of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu: “Remember that name, Fachrisadeh”
A year and a half ago he presented documents on Iran’s nuclear program that Mossad had stolen. Netanyahu accused Iran of lying about its ambitions and moves to obtain nuclear weapons. At the time, Netanyahu attributed a central role to the now-assassinated Iranian physicist. “Remember that name, Fachrisadeh,” Netanyahu said at the time.
Around the same time as the first reports on Friday’s attack, Netanyahu finally reported with a video on Facebook and Twitter: “I would like to read you a list of the things I did this week. The list is incomplete because I am not allowed to count everything. “.
Netanyahu smiled. And although he said nothing, he went too far. This is how former army general Amos Gilad sees it on Israeli TV channel 12:
“Those clues have consequences. If there are too many clues, regardless of whether there is something behind them or not, these clues give the Iranians justification to blame us.”
This, in turn, it is feared, could increase the likelihood of an Iranian retaliatory attack. Several Israeli intelligence experts believe that Fachrisadeh’s death will be a severe blow to Iran’s nuclear program. However, he admits that a US government under Joe Biden would not have rated the action positively. Biden plans for the United States to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal. Possibly after adjusting conditions.
What role does the United States play?
Under United States President Donald Trump, the United States abandoned the agreement. Netanyahu also firmly rejects the Iran deal in its current form. So should the facts be created quickly? Amos Yadlin, a former head of the Israeli military intelligence service, spoke to TV channel 12 about this.
“Whoever made the decision to commit the assassination knew very well that he had 55 days left in a US government that considers Iranians like us, that is, as a very serious threat.”
Yadlin suggests another connection: The attack’s “decision makers” may not find an Iranian counterattack inappropriate. “That is exactly what would allow Trump to do what he tried two weeks ago, which is to get the green light from his national security advisers to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.”
Is Trump really planning another attack? Should it be harder for Joe Biden to get closer to Iran from mid-January? Possible. But currently there is only speculation in the case of the murder of the Iranian physicist. Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman says: If Israel is behind the assassination, it can be assumed that there was a prior agreement with the US government.
