At a time of growing tension over its nuclear program and mounting belligerence toward the West, Iran reported on Wednesday that an Iranian nuclear scientist died in what was termed a “terrorist bomb blast” in northern Tehran when an unidentified motorcyclist attached a magnetic explosive device to his car.
It was the fourth such killing reported in two years and, as after the previous attacks, Iranian officials indicated that they believed the United States and Israel were responsible. News photographs from the scene in northern Tehran showed a car draped in a pale blue tarp being lifted onto a truck. A driver who acted as a bodyguard was also killed, news reports said.
Let's not just assume that only the US and the Israelis are the only ones who want to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon. Plenty of Arab nations would want to prevent this as well. If the bombing took place as described, where a motorcyclist placed a magnetic bomb on the scientist's car, it speaks to an extensive network of spies within Iran. That tends to implicate either Arab or Turk involvement (probably with US or Israeli assistance) or an internal conflict, which I suppose is always possible.
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