Iranian newspaper calls for attack on Israel as revenge for nuclear scientist's murder

In a troubling development, an Iranian newspaper has suggested that Tehran should attack Israeli city of Haifa if its intelligence ncy Moss or government h any role to play in recent assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizeh.

hardline Iranian newspaper, in an opinion piece published on Sunday, vember 29, is reported to have said that an attack should be carried out in such a way that it destroys Israeli facilities and kills as many civilians as possible. Iran has blamed Israel for murder of its top nuclear scientist and has vowed revenge against perpetrators. 

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Mohsen Fakhrizeh, who was regarded as far of Iran's nuclear programme, was killed on Friday by at least five gunmen who showered bullets on his sedan on outskirts of Tehran. Fakhrizeh was reportedly returning with his bodyguard from a nearby vill of Absard, which is a hilltop retreat for Iranian elites. Iranian media reported that minutes before attack, a truck, ridden with explosives, blew up near his car forcing m to stop. 

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opinion piece, written by Iranian analyst Sollah Zarei and published in Kayhan newspaper, argued that previous responses were t eugh to prevent Israel from carrying out assassination attempts in Iran. As per reports, Zarei said that Tehran should consider something bigger while attacking Haifa than ballistic missile strikes on US bases in Iraq earlier this year after American troops killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. 

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Israeli involvement?

Iranian foreign minister Jav Zarif in a tweet on Friday indicated Israel's role in assassination as he slammed international community, especially EU, for ir "shameful double standards" in t condemning killing. outgoing US President Donald Trump retweeted a post by an Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, who informed about Fakhrizahed's killing on micro-blogging site and wrote that Fakhrizeh's death was "a major psychological and professional blow for Iran". 

Israel has t commented on killing yet, but country is kwn to have participated in previous such attacks on top Iranian scientists and scholars. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 h mentioned Fakhrizeh's name publicly in a press conference as he said, "remember that name" while talking about Iran's nuclear weapons programme. 

According to United States intelligence community and United Nations' nuclear watchdog, nuclear programme in which Fakhrizeh was involved h been disbanded in 2002. However, Israel insists that Iran's nuclear programme is alive and kicking. 

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