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Tehran – On Monday, Iranian authorities revealed new data on the murder of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, while influential parties in the country promised an expected response to Israel, which was accused of killing him.
On Monday, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council in Iran, Ali Shamkhani, accused the organization “Mujahideen Khalq”, banned in Iran and which the Islamic Republic considers “terrorist”, of being involved in the operation that was carried out. on Friday, in addition to Israel, which Iranian officials had previously accused of killing the world.
He said that Fakhrizadeh’s murder was “complex” and carried out in a “completely new” way, explaining that the murder, which took place near Tehran, was “a complex operation using electronic devices, and there was nobody in the place “, without giving details. Additional on that.
“The enemy used a completely new and professional method,” he added, noting that the operation “involved hypocrites,” which is a term Iranian officials often use to refer to the “Mujahideen Khaliq,” the opposition organization in the exile, and that Iran has banned their activities on its territory. The criminal in all this is the Zionist regime and the Mossad, “referring to the foreign intelligence apparatus of the Hebrew state, according to Shamkhani.
The Iranian official’s remarks came in video interviews published by state television and the “Fars” news agency, on the sidelines of Fakhrizadeh’s funeral ceremony, which took place in a cemetery in northern Tehran.
Shamkhani revealed that Fakhrizadeh had been threatened with murder “twenty years ago” and that attempts to attack him had previously failed “and additional measures were taken to enhance his protection”, but “this time (…) (the enemy) succeeded in his objective “, expressing regret for” seriousness “. The protection required for Fakhrizadeh was not available this time, considering the deceased “a nuclear scientist like no other”.
The English-speaking “Press TV” channel of the official Iranian television said Monday that weapons “of Israeli manufacture” were found at the scene of the murder.
The uncle of a source, who requested anonymity, claimed that “the weapon that was recovered from the scene of the terrorist act (where Fakhri Zadeh was killed) bore the slogan and specifications of the Israeli military industry,” while Israeli officials still they have not commented on the accusations against him.
The semi-official Iranian news agency Fars said on Sunday that Fakhri Zadeh was killed with a remote-controlled automatic cannon, while Arabic television Al-Alam said the weapons used in Zade’s assassination were “monitored by satellite” while that eyewitnesses confirmed to the official television Friday, the presence of armed men near the car.
Iran has threatened to respond and hold all those responsible for the murder of the prominent scientist, suspected of being the head of the “Amad” plan, which is believed to have been launched two decades ago to monitor major elements of the nuclear weapons program.
Iran’s Defense and Armed Forces Minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, stated that “the Iranian people will not leave any crime, assassination or stupidity unanswered”, stressing that those responsible for Fakhrizadeh’s assassination will be held accountable.
State television showed Fakhrizadeh’s funeral ceremony that took place at the Iranian Defense Ministry, and only dozens of senior military officials and his family attended, due to preventive measures against the coronavirus.
Fakhrizadeh’s coffin, draped in the Iranian flag, was later transferred to Imam Zadeh Salih’s shrine in northern Tehran, to be buried.
Fakhrizadeh was killed on Friday when he was ambushed on a highway near Tehran, where his car came under a barrage of fire, and although he was hidden from view, Israel referred to him by name in 2018 and described him as a major actor. in accusing Iran of seeking to possess nuclear weapons.
Religious and military leaders in Iran have accused Israel of assassinating Fakhrizadeh, after receiving a green light from the United States, raising the risk of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.
The hardline daily Kayhan, whose editor-in-chief is appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called for an attack on the coastal city of Haifa in Israel if it is shown that Israel played a role in Fakhrizadeh’s assassination. .
“The attack must be carried out in a way that anticipates massive human losses in addition to destroying the facilities,” Saadallah Zarei said. However, Iran’s rulers are aware of the serious military and political difficulties surrounding launching an attack on Israel, and any offensive response from Tehran could complicate any effort by the US president-elect. Joe Biden to return to the dialogue between the two countries on the nuclear file after taking office on January 20.
Biden had announced that he would return the United States to the nuclear deal if Iran again complied with its terms, while Iran has always denied seeking nuclear weapons.
Tensions have risen between Tehran and Washington since 2018, when US President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with the six major world powers and reimposed sanctions that hurt the Iranian economy. In response, Iran has gradually violated the restrictions that the agreement placed on its nuclear program.
