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Re:NYT Confirms Israel Killed an Iranian Nuclear Scientist w... by weswpg on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:53AM (#28606317)
Assassinating scientists makes you happy?
Re:NYT Confirms Israel Killed an Iranian Nuclear Scientist w... by flyinglizard on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:57AM (#28606386)
He was assassinated for his role in leading the Iranian nuclear weapons program, not for his scientific achievements.
Re:NYT Confirms Israel Killed an Iranian Nuclear Scientist w... by weswpg on Saturday October 02, 2021 @09:26AM (#28728385)
> He was assassinated for his role in leading the Iranian nuclear weapons program, not for his scientific achievements.

Recall that America withdrew from the anti-nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, that Iran's Ayatollah has declared a religious prohibition against nuclear weapons and that while Israel does have nuclear weapons, Iran is instead pursuing a nuclear power program for civilian energy.

> According to Gareth Porter writing in Foreign Policy, Iran's aversion to nuclear and chemical weapons is sincere because of the "historical episode during its eight-year war with Iraq", and Iran never sought revenge for Iraqi chemical attacks against Iran, which killed 20,000 Iranians and severely injured 100,000 more.[2] According to Khalaji, the fatwa is also considered to be consistent with Islamic tradition.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei%27s_fatwa_against...

Re:NYT Confirms Israel Killed an Iranian Nuclear Scientist w... by Aeolun on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:10PM (#28606530)
> Iran is a theocratic dictatorship running a terror proxy war against its neighbors.

Hmm, at least it’s a proxy war eh? I know only one country that has started any major wars in the past 20 years.