Iranian nuclear scientist killed by one-ton automated gun in Israeli hit – Jewish Chronicle
Stephen Farrell
Thu, 11 February 2021, 4:55 am·2-min read
By Stephen Farrell
JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (Reuters) – The Iranian nuclear scientistassassinated near Tehran in November was killed by a one-ton gunsmuggled into Iran in pieces by the Israeli intelligence agencyMossad, according to a report by The Jewish Chronicle onWednesday.
Citing intelligence sources, the British weekly said a teamof more than 20 agents, including Israeli and Iranian nationals,carried out the ambush on scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh aftereight months of surveillance.
Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report,which was published on the website of the London-basednewspaper.
Iranian media said Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after armedassassins gunned him down in his car. Shortly after his deathIran pointed the finger at Israel, Foreign Minister Javad Zarifwriting on Twitter of “serious indications of (an) Israelirole.”
Israel declined to comment in November and on Wednesdaynight an Israeli government spokesman responded to the latestreport by saying: “We never comment on such matters. There hasbeen no change in our position.”
Fakhrizadeh, 59, was long suspected by the West ofmasterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme.
He had been described by Western and Israeli intelligenceservices for years as the mysterious leader of a covert atomicbomb programme halted in 2003, which Israel and the UnitedStates accuse Tehran of trying to restore. Iran has long deniedseeking to weaponise nuclear energy.
According to the Jewish Chronicle’s report, Iran has“secretly assessed that it will take six years” before areplacement for him is “fully operational” and that his deathhad “extended the period of time it would take Iran to achieve abomb from about three-and-a-half months to two years.”
Giving no further details of its sourcing, the world’soldest Jewish newspaper said the Mossad mounted the automatedgun on a Nissan pickup and that “the bespoke weapon, operatedremotely by agents on the ground as they observed the target,was so heavy because it included a bomb that destroyed theevidence after the killing.”
It said the attack was carried out “by Israel alone, withoutAmerican involvement” but that U.S. officials were given someform of notice beforehand.(Reporting by Stephen Farrell; Editing by Howard Goller)
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Me: so what does a 1 Ton Gun look like – a toilet tap or what.
Did the assassinated guy say, hey look there is a 1 tom gun, as they drove by?
