#1 The political murders of the Revolution are now over a quarter of a century ago. That's more than a generation, unless Taheri's arguing that retail assassinations are being planned and executed by the same old bulls as back then. Anyways, motorcycle-riding assassination is popular across the jihadi spectrum. I still say it's more likely Saudi or Gulf funded freelancers than Israelis, Westerners, or internal Iranian strife.
Hell, it might even be Iraqi Sunnis starting to return the pain the Iranian mullahs have been pouring into Mesopotamia for the last seven years. Although I doubt it - doesn't seem the Iraqi style, they would have planted roadside bombs. |