‘Israel’ Was Behind Assassination of Iranian Scientist – US Official

By Staff, Agencies

A senior US administration official said the Zionist entity was behind the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist but declined to give details about whether the Trump administration knew about the attack before it was carried out or provided support.

The official said that in the past, ‘Israelis’ have shared information with the US about their targets and covert operations before carrying them out but would not say if they did so in this instance. The Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was assassinated Friday, had been a target for the ‘Israelis’ for a long time, the official added.

Iran has blamed the Zionist entity for the attack and said the operation bore the hallmarks of the ‘Israeli’ entity’s spy agency, the Mossad. While Iran has provided no evidence of the ‘Israeli’ entity’s involvement, ‘Israel’ has neither denied nor claimed responsibility for Fakhrizadeh's assassination.

The New York Times first reported that a US official said ‘Israel’ was behind the attack over the weekend.