A possible reason for the assassination of Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh could have been a desire to provoke Tehran. The reasons for the crime are disclosed by the The Washington Post .
Former head of the Iranian department of the National Security Council Yoel Guzansky believes that the attack could have been provoked by the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to push the current US President Donald Trump a > to the “final” confrontation with Iran. According to Guzansky, the Israeli prime minister was counting on a military response from Tehran: in turn, Washington could “strike at Tehran’s nuclear program.”
Expert Yossi Melman denied this version, believing that in fact Netanyahu does not want a war with Iran. He noted that the prime minister simply wanted to eliminate the main person in the creation of the nuclear program, counting on a restrained response from the authorities of the Islamic Republic.
Another potential reason for the murder is the desire to undermine the intention of the future US administration Democrat Joe Biden to restart relations with Iran. According to experts, Netanyahu wants to convince Washington to continue to toughly oppose Tehran. This, in turn, could help him win the next election.
“Netanyahu has not only strategic goals, but also political ones. He needs dramatic events to show that he is the irreplaceable leader of Israel,” said Chuck Freilich, a former deputy adviser to the Israeli national security.
On the death of Fakhrizada, who headed the Research and Innovation Department Ministry of Defense Iran and was one of the founders of the country’s nuclear program, became known on November 27. It was reported that he was the victim of a terrorist attack in the village of Absard near Tehran.