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On Saturday morning, Israel lifted the alert status at its embassies around the world, in the context of its accusation of being behind the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Israeli Channel 12 (in particular) said that in light of its accusation of assassinating the “head of the Iranian nuclear program”, and the possibility that Iran will carry out a retaliatory operation, Israel raised the alert level in its embassies. around the world on Saturday morning.
The channel added: “Various Israeli missions and communities have taken similar precautions,” without further details.
At the same time, an analysis published by the official Israeli channel Kan ruled out an act of revenge against Israel in the next two months.
The analysis titled “The assassination of Fakhrizadeh … a preventive operation before the change of regime in Washington” suggested the existence of the Iranian desire for revenge, but ruled out that this would happen within the next two months.
He justified this by saying that Tehran “will not want to give President Trump an excuse to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities before he leaves the White House on January 20.”
The channel concluded that “the assassination of Fakhrizadeh will cause damage to the Iranian nuclear program to some extent, but will not stop or destroy it.”
He added that those who made the decision to approve the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist considered that the possibility of Iran carrying out a retaliatory operation with a “high price” is not great.
According to Israeli reports, Israel and the Gulf countries fear that US President-elect Joe Biden will pursue a less strict policy toward Iran, including conducting diplomatic negotiations with him and returning to the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, from the that Trump retired in 2018.
According to Kan Channel, the decision to assassinate Fakhrizadeh “may arise from a desire to thwart such negotiations on the basis of the belief that the Iranians will not now agree to return to the negotiating table.”
Early Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country would respond in due course to the assassination of nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh, describing the operation as an “Israeli trap.”
Rouhani added, during a meeting of the National Committee to Combat the Crown in the capital, Tehran, that “Israel is behind the assassination” and that “US President Donald Trump aims to cause chaos before leaving office. “.
On Friday night, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard threatened “harsh revenge” against Fakhri Zadeh’s killers, accusing Israel of being behind the murder, according to what the (official) Iranian news agency IRNA quoted from a statement issued by Major General Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the Guard.
While Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter that “there is important evidence about Israel’s involvement in the assassination of Fakhrizadeh.”
And on Friday, Tehran announced the assassination of scientist Fakhri Zadeh, known as the “godfather of the Iranian nuclear deal”, at the age of 63, after attacking a car traveling near the capital.
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