Israel Assassinated Iranian Nuclear Scientist

Israel is using sabotage, front companies and double agents to disrupt the Tehran’s ‘illicit weapons project’ as an alternative to direct military strikes, The Telegraph reportedly quoted US intelligence sources as saying.

The report cited the death of Ardeshire Hassanpour, a top nuclear scientist at Iran’s Isfahan uranium plant who reportedly died of “gas poisoning” in 2007. Israel’s Mossad espionage agency was rumored to be behind his killing, daily Haaretz quoted Daily Telegraph as saying.

“With co-operation from the United States, Israeli covert operations have focused both on eliminating key human assets involved in the nuclear programme and in sabotaging the Iranian nuclear supply chain,”

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