New job opening: Chief Nuclear Scientist

[George K]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/middleeast/iran-top-nuclear-scientist-killed-intl/index.html

Tehran, Iran (CNN)Iran's top nuclear scientist was reportedly killed Friday in an apparent assassination that the country's foreign minister linked to Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has not responded to CNN's request for comment.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was head of the research center of new technology in the elite Revolutionary Guards. He was considered one of the masterminds of Iran's controversial nuclear program.

ranian state media said the killing appeared to be an assassination. Photographs from the scene showed a car with its windshield blown in, and the road strewn with glass and blood.

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif called the death "cowardice -- with serious indications of Israeli role."

"Terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today," he said in a tweet. "This cowardice—with serious indications of Israeli role—shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators Iran calls on int'l community—and especially EU—to end their shameful double standards & condemn this act of state terror."

[Loki]

A safer option than another one on the table. Depending on the Iranian response that option may be what’s next.

[George K]

(Tin Foil Hat On)

So, (ahem) whoever is responsible for this sees a possible return to the Iran Nuclear Deal, and doesn't want that to happen?

(Tin Foil Hat Off)

[Loki]

@George-K said in New job opening: Chief Nuclear Scientist:

(Tin Foil Hat On)

So, (ahem) whoever is responsible for this sees a possible return to the Iran Nuclear Deal, and doesn't want that to happen?

(Tin Foil Hat Off)

Not sure what it going to take but Iran will be mitigated in the Middle East. The Bush war but them on the map and getting the genie back in the bottle is a long effort. There is nothing in their behavior that I have ever witnessed to provide a glimmer of hope that their words can be trusted.

If you got that evidence post it.

[George K]

@Loki said in New job opening: Chief Nuclear Scientist:

There is nothing in their behavior that I have ever witnessed to provide a glimmer of hope that their words can be trusted.

I think it was in Rumsfeld's book that he commented, wrt the Iraq war, "The Iranians have been remarkably unhelpful."

[Mik]

The Iranians have sufficient reason to dislike and mistrust the US. This is completely our fault. That said, we also have no reason to simply allow them to threaten us or our allies because of the history.

[Loki]

@Mik said in New job opening: Chief Nuclear Scientist:

The Iranians have sufficient reason to dislike and mistrust the US. This is completely our fault. That said, we also have no reason to simply allow them to threaten us or our allies because of the history.

The Iranian people or the autocratic theocracy?

[Mik]

A bit of both, but I was referring to the government.

[bachophile]

@George-K these things happen, i dont think Biden is an issue here. when you get an opportunity, you use it.

or so i am told

[George K]

Of course he does.

Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan condemned the killing of an Iranian scientist believed to be linked to Tehran’s nuclear program Friday, calling it “criminal” and “highly reckless.”

Details on the attack remain slim, but local outlets have reported that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed after a truck full of explosives concealed, by a pile of wood pulled alongside the scientist’s sedan before detonating in the town of Absard, located just east of Tehran.

“This was a criminal act & highly reckless,” Brennan wrote on Twitter Friday afternoon. “It risks lethal retaliation & a new round of regional conflict.”

Iran’s foreign minister said that attack on Fakhrizadeh had “serious indications” that Israel was involved in the assassination but did not provide additional details – though there are expected to be international repercussions.

Fakhrizadeh’s assassination comes less than a year after Gen. Qassem Soleimani was targeted by the U.S. military in a drone strike, killing one of Iran’s topic officials and pushing U.S.-Iran relations to the brink after Iran vowed retaliation.

“Iranian leaders would be wise to wait for the return of responsible American leadership on the global stage & to resist the urge to respond against perceived culprits,” Brennan wrote, urging Iranian officials to address the topic diplomatically once President-elect Joe Biden’s administration takes over the White House.

Trump has yet to publically comment on the attack, but retweeted a message by Israeli journalist Yossi Melman who said the killing of the Iranian nuclear scientist was “a major psychological and professional blow for Iran.”

[George K]

Heh:

[George K]

FFS: Just stfu, Brennan.

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/73503106