A PRIZE-WINNING Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran. An intelligence source suggested that Ardeshire Hassanpour, 44, a nuclear physicist, had been assassinated by Mossad, the Israeli security service. Hassanpour worked at a plant in Isfahan where uranium hexafluoride gas is produced. The gas is needed to enrich uranium in another plant at Natanz which has become the focus of concerns that Iran may be developing nuclear weapons.
I’m speculating, of course. I’m inclined to think that this was a Mossad job simply because scientist assassination was one of the tremors felt prior to Operation Opera back in ’81.
History repeats itself, no?
I think the guy had a heart attack or something. If Iranian researchers are as cavalier about their risks as the researchers I work around, he probably poisoned himself through exposure over time to the stuff he is working with.
Whether or not Mossad had a hand in this, it’s good to give voice to speculation that they did. Confusion to the enemy! They need a few more worries.