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Iran’s National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani announced new details of the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which took place in Tehran on Monday, while Britain’s “Middle East Eye” website revealed that Tehran had threatened to launch a direct military attack on the UAE following the assassination of Fakhri Zadeh. In direct contact with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed.
Shamkhani said the killing was carried out remotely using new and sophisticated devices, accusing the Israeli Mossad and the “Mujahideen Khalq” organization of being behind the operation.
On Monday, a state funeral was held in Tehran for Fakhrizadeh, in the presence of a limited number of senior military and political leaders, without public participation. For health measures related to the Corona pandemic.
During the ceremony, Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said: “Our response to the murder of Fakhri Zadeh is coming and it is inevitable, and it will be a severe punishment for those who committed this crime,” and emphasized that the murder of Fakhri Zadeh will not it will stop the course of Iran’s nuclear program, but rather accelerate its pace, as he put it.
Iranian Vice President Ishaq Jahangiri called Fakhrizadeh’s assassination state terrorism, and Jahangiri added – during his participation in the prime ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization – that the countries of the world must break their silence in the face of this terrorist crime, as he himself put it.
An Iranian threat
Meanwhile, the British website Middle East Eye revealed that Iran had threatened to launch a direct military strike against the United Arab Emirates, in response to Fakhrizadeh’s assassination in the event of a possible American attack.
The British website, citing an anonymous Emirati source, said Tehran had contacted Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed directly and informed him that it would strike a blow at the United Arab Emirates in response to Fakhrizadeh’s assassination. .
The Emirati source confirmed, according to the British site, that Tehran will hold the UAE responsible for the assassination of the nuclear scientist, should Iran be subjected to a possible US attack.
Regarding the timing of the Iranian call with Mohammed bin Zayed, the source explained that it came shortly before Abu Dhabi condemned the murder of Fakhri Zadeh on Sunday.
The site notes that this information comes alongside Tel Aviv’s warning of attacks that may target Israelis in both the Emirates and Bahrain, which recently opened direct airlines with Tel Aviv.
For its part, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs instructed, this Monday, all its embassies and representatives to raise the security alert level in anticipation of an Iranian response to the murder of Fakhrizadeh, despite its silence on the murder and responsibility for it.
The Al-Jazeera correspondent said that Tel Aviv had warned Israelis not to travel to the Emirates and Bahrain, fearing Iranian retaliation there.
The Washington Post also spoke about promises to avenge Fakhrizadeh’s assassination, saying the Iranian leadership confirmed on Monday to continue with its nuclear program, while questioning the future of negotiations with the West.
The newspaper says Fakhrizadeh’s assassination and pressure now on Iranian leaders to retaliate after an embarrassing security breach; It could undermine President-elect Joe Biden’s promise to return to the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
In the context, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, called on the administration of President Donald Trump not to take any steps that could undermine the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Brennan said – in an interview with the US network “CNN” (CNN) the news that Tehran could carry out a retaliatory operation after the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist.
Brennan called on the international community to condemn the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist, noting that this incident that targeted Fakhrizadeh is not like the attacks launched by the United States against other organizations such as Al Qaeda, but rather an attack on an official in a sovereign state.
International and international condemnation
The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Muhammad Bagher Qalibaf, sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist, in which he affirmed Tehran’s right to prosecute and punish the perpetrators and those implicated. in the murder of Fakhrizadeh.
He added that the silence of the international community and its inaction against such terrorist acts would lead to the persistence of those who support them. Qalibaf expressed his country’s expectation that the United Nations condemn this terrorist act, as described, and provide the necessary legal grounds to prevent it from happening again.
For his part, Stefan Dujarric, spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, said that the international organization condemns all murders and extrajudicial executions, and renewed the call of the UN Secretary-General for everyone to act with restraint after the murder of the scientist. Iranian nuclear.
Germany expressed deep concern over the murder of the Iranian scientist, which it said could have dangerous consequences in the region, as described. A spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry called on all parties to show restraint.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also condemned the killing of the Iranian scientist, calling it a terrorist act, and expressed grave concern over what it called the provocative nature of the murder aimed at destabilizing the region.
New details
Meanwhile, Iranian media continues to publish details of Fakhrizadeh’s assassination, citing official sources. And the semi-official Fars news agency published details of the assassination, which took place last Friday, in line with the account announced by Member of Parliament Fereydoun Abbasi, the former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Authority.
The agency said the operation lasted about 3 minutes, and there was no human element at the scene of the murder, and remote-controlled automatic weapons were fired.
He explained that Fakhrizadeh and his wife were inside an armored vehicle, accompanied by 3 guard cars, on the Damavand road near the capital Tehran on Friday morning.
He indicated that the sound of some bullets pointing at the car caused the caravan to stop, while Fakhrizadeh left the car, apparently believing that the sound was due to a collision with an external obstacle or a problem with the car’s engine.
After he got out of the car, according to this version, a burst of bullets was fired from a remote-controlled automatic machine gun, and he was tied to a van parked 150 meters away, hitting 3 bullets, one of which cut his marrow spinal cord, and moments later the truck exploded.
The Fars agency said that the investigations showed that the owner of the aforementioned truck left the country the day after the murder, without naming the destination to which he was going.
In the same context, other local media reported that the weapons used in the assassination were Israeli-made and controlled by satellites.
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