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Iran opposition suspected alongside Israel in scientist's killing, Shamkani says
2020-12-01
See also this for another theory.
[AlAhram] Iran's English-language Press TV reported the weapon used in Friday's killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was made in Israel
They could tell because it said Made in Iran all over it.
A senior Iranian official said on Monday an opposition group was suspected alongside Israel in the killing of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, an attack that has raised the prospect of a new standoff between Tehran and its longtime enemy.

Iran's English-language Press TV reported the weapon used in Friday's killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was made in Israel.
Or domestically produced by Houthis?
"The weapons collected from the site of the terrorist act bear the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry," an unnamed source told Press TV.
It’s a double bluff — the wily Joo would never leave behind something that pointed to him, so that proves it was someone else.
In Jerusalem, there was no immediate reply from Israeli officials contacted for comment on the report.
They would, but they’re laughing so hard they can’t catch their breath to say anything.
Speaking before the Press TV report, Israeli intelligence minister Eli Cohen told radio station 103 FM he did not know who was responsible.
”Wudn’t us!”
Fakhrizadeh, who had little public profile in Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
but had been named by Israel as a prime player in what it says is Iran’s nuclear weapons quest, was killed on Friday when he was ambushed on a highway near Tehran and his car sprayed with bullets.

Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran,
Golly — what an impressive title!
told state TV: "This was a very complicated liquidation that was carried out remotely with electronic devices."
Ahah! Yet another theory of how the Dread Israelis dunnit.
"We have some clues but surely the 'Monafeghin' group was involved and the criminal element behind it is the Zionist regime (Israel) and Mossad," he added, referring to Israel's foreign intelligence service.

"Monafeghin" is a term officials employ to refer to the Gay Paree-based National Council of Resistance® of Iran (NCRI), a bloc of opposition groups in exile that seek an end to Shi’ite Moslem holy manal rule.

The NCRI, in a statement, rejected Shamkhani's accusation.

CEMETERY
Fakhrizadeh was buried at the Emamzade Saleh mosque in northern Tehran on Monday, state TV reported, as the defence minister promised the Islamic Theocratic Republic would retaliate for his killing. Iran’s holy manal and military rulers have blamed Israel for Fakhrizadeh's killing.

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency said on Sunday that Fakhrizadeh had been killed by a machine gun operated by remote control, while the Arabic language Al Alam TV reported the weapons used in the attack were "controlled by satellite".

When asked about potential Iranian reprisals, Cohen told radio station 103: "We have regional intelligence supremacy, and on this matter we are prepared, we are increasing vigilance, in the places where that is required."

Iran's hardline Kayhan daily, whose editor-in-chief is named by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
, in an opinion piece on Sunday called for an attack on the Israeli port city of Haifa, if an Israeli role in Fakhrizadeh’s killing is proven.

However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
Iran’s rulers are aware of daunting military and political difficulties in attacking Israel. Such an attack would also complicate any effort by U.S. President-elect Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass....
to revive detente with Tehran after he takes office on Jan. 20.
The Times of Israel adds:
The Paris-based People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK) is the main member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an umbrella organization for various Iranian dissident groups. It has in the past been designated a terror organization by the US, the European Union and Japan, although all three later lifted the designation.
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Supreme National Security Council of Iran: 2020-03-09 Iran ‘appreciates’ Iraqi efforts to expel US troops: advisor
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Monafeghin: 2011-02-16 Iran MPs Rage against Opposition as Obama Encourages Protesters
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Posted by:trailing wife

#3  
I'm betting his HOA got him.
Posted by: flash91   2020-12-01 12:54  

#2  ...was made (obviously) in Israel...

Because it worked?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-12-01 09:44  

#1  I'm sure the Iranian people are making their own bets. Iranian media is about as trustworthy as the MSM in the United States.
Posted by: b   2020-12-01 08:44  

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