Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defence ministry has confirmed.

Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after being attacked in Damavand county.

Iranian news agencies said assailants targeted his car with a bomb before shooting at him.

Western intelligence agencies view him as the mastermind behind Iran's secret nuclear weapons programme.

He was reportedly been described as the "father of the Iranian bomb" by diplomats.

News of the killing comes amid fresh concern about the increased amount of enriched uranium that Iran is producing. Enriched uranium is a vital component for both civil nuclear power generation and military nuclear weapons.

Iran insists its nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes.

Between 2010 and 2012, four Iranian nuclear scientists were assassinated and Iran has accused Israel of complicity in the killings.

Fakhrizadeh's name was specifically mentioned in Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's presentation about Iran's nuclear programme in May 2018.

To be expected as Israel needs to get its shots in now while they have Trump to turn a blind eye.

If I remember correctly Mossad took out those who were involved in the Munich Olympic Games Massacre in 1972.

Operation "Wrath of God" (Hebrew: מבצע זעם האל‎ Mivtza Za'am Ha'el), also known as Operation "Bayonet", was a covert operation directed by Mossad to assassinate individuals involved in the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed. The targets were members of the Palestinian armed militant group Black September and operatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the autumn of 1972, the operation is believed to have continued for over twenty years.

I'll say one thing about Mossad, they don't bugger about.

Originally Posted by MontyB

To be expected as Israel needs to get its shots in now while they have Trump to turn a blind eye.

Israel does not care about Biden and his Muslim allies .

Originally Posted by BritinAfrica

If I remember correctly Mossad took out those who were involved in the Munich Olympic Games Massacre in 1972.

Operation "Wrath of God" (Hebrew: מבצע זעם האל‎ Mivtza Za'am Ha'el), also known as Operation "Bayonet", was a covert operation directed by Mossad to assassinate individuals involved in the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed. The targets were members of the Palestinian armed militant group Black September and operatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the autumn of 1972, the operation is believed to have continued for over twenty years.

I'll say one thing about Mossad, they don't bugger about.

Israel did not assassinate these individuals, but killed them because they had assassinated Israeli athletes .

Originally Posted by Tuan

Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

He was not assassinated, but killed .
He was the chief of the nuclear program of a country the leaders of which said and continue to say that they will destroy Israel and every day their henchmen attack Israel .
His elimination was as legitimate as the killing of Soleimani in January or Heydrich in 1942 .

Originally Posted by lljadw

Israel did not assassinate these individuals, but killed them because they had assassinated Israeli athletes .

By the same token you are wrong.

assassinate
verb
murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons.

The terrorists did NOT assassinate the Israeli athletes, they were murdered by the terrorists as the athletes were not important persons.

Originally Posted by lljadw

He was not assassinated, but killed .
He was the chief of the nuclear program of a country the leaders of which said and continue to say that they will destroy Israel and every day their henchmen attack Israel .
His elimination was as legitimate as the killing of Soleimani in January or Heydrich in 1942 .

Yet again you are wrong.

I repeat:-assassinate
verb
murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist.. He was an important person so he was ASSASSINATED

You really are a sanctimonious and argumentative little man.

Heydrich was not assassinated, not murdered, but killed . He was a legitimate target . So was Soleimani, so was Fakhrizadeh .
Innocent people as the Israeli athletes were assassinated .
To murder some one, to assassinate some one is a bad thing, to kill some one is not a bad thing .
To say that the athletes were killed and the terrorists were assassinated is a wrong thing .
Terrorists are killed, not murdered or assassinated .
One can even suspect those who say that the victims were killed and the terrorists assassinated of sympathy for the terrorists .

Originally Posted by BritinAfrica

If I remember correctly Mossad took out those who were involved in the Munich Olympic Games Massacre in 1972.

Operation "Wrath of God" (Hebrew: מבצע זעם האל‎ Mivtza Za'am Ha'el), also known as Operation "Bayonet", was a covert operation directed by Mossad to assassinate individuals involved in the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed. The targets were members of the Palestinian armed militant group Black September and operatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the autumn of 1972, the operation is believed to have continued for over twenty years.

I'll say one thing about Mossad, they don't bugger about.

The Mossad got the wrong guy in Norway during the operation. He looked like the guy the Israelis were looking for.

Originally Posted by lljadw

Heydrich was not assassinated, not murdered, but killed . He was a legitimate target . So was Soleimani, so was Fakhrizadeh .
Innocent people as the Israeli athletes were assassinated .
To murder some one, to assassinate some one is a bad thing, to kill some one is not a bad thing .
To say that the athletes were killed and the terrorists were assassinated is a wrong thing .
Terrorists are killed, not murdered or assassinated .
One can even suspect those who say that the victims were killed and the terrorists assassinated of sympathy for the terrorists .

Oh shut up you stupid man, again you are wrong. I cant be bothered to even try and debate with you, you are a total waste of time and space.