The Assassination of a Nuclear Scientist Suggests That the Iranian Regime Is in Trouble
Even members of the elite are defecting.
December 8, 2020
The Assassination of a Nuclear Scientist Suggests That the Iranian Regime Is in Trouble
Even members of the elite are defecting.
Yesterday, reports appeared in the media that the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, had stepped down due to failing health, handing over his position to his son. Other outlets cited rumors—and so far they appear to be just that—that Khamenei is dead. Whatever the reality, these stories suggest a weakened regime. So too does the assassination last month of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the scientist behind Tehran’s nuclear-weapons program. Like other covert operations that have recently taken place within Iranian borders, the killing of Fakhrizadeh is widely assumed to be the doing of Israel. Ray Takeyh observes:
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