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Der Spiegel: ’’Mossad behind Iranian Scientist Assassination

Local Editor

The German "Der Spiegel" website reported Monday that the assassination of the Iranian scientist Dariush Rezaeinejad in Tehran last week was the first major operation of Mossad director Tamir Pardo.

In an article published on Monday entitled ""Israel's" Murderous Sabotage Strategy," "Der Spiegel" wrote that the assassination was planned and implemented by "Israel's" intelligence agency, the Mossad."

The article, which quotes an "Israeli" intelligence source, surveys the series of assassination attempts involving Iranian scientists in the past 18 months and points to the Mossad as the organization at the forefront of "Israel's" campaign against an Iranian nuclear bomb.

According to reports, the scientist was shot to death last Saturday while taking his daughter to kindergarten.

"It was the first public operation by new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo," an unnamed "Israeli" intelligence source told "Der Spiegel's" correspondent in Beirut.

The secretary general of Iran's High Council of Human Rights Javad Larijani accused "Israel and the West of assassinating an electrical engineering graduate student.

Claiming that "the scientist was involved in the development of switches for a nuclear bomb and had worked in a research center in northern Tehran," the paper added that "the victim is a physics professor and expert in neutron transport who was involved in the development of switches for a nuclear bomb and had worked in a research center in northern Tehran."

In January 2010, Iranian nuclear scientist Mohammed Ali Masoudi was assassinated in Tehran. In November of that year physics professor Majid Shahriari was also killed.

According to "Der Spiegel's" source, many "Israel" Air Force officers are pushing for an aerial attack on Iranian nuclear sites, a plan the Mossad is against.

"It's also a matter of prestige between the organizations," the source said. "As long as the Mossad is leading the campaign against the Iranian nuclear program it continues to get the big budgets."

Source :"Der Spiegel"