28.07.2011, 21:48
Zitat:Analysts believe Iran scientist death was a foreign hit<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/us-iran-scientist-idUSTRE76N0N520110726">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/ ... N520110726</a><!-- m -->
By Andrew Hammond
Jul | Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:25am EDT
(Reuters) - Western security agencies were most likely behind the killing of an Iranian scientist in an operation that underlines the myriad complications in the conflict over Iran's nuclear program, analysts say.
Darioush Rezaie, 35, a university lecturer, was shot dead by gunmen in eastern Tehran Saturday, the third murder of a scientist since 2009. One was killed in a car bomb, the second by a device detonated remotely.
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"Assassinations will continue to be a tool used in this covert war. While it's impossible to tell with certainty whether Rezaie was an active nuclear scientist, his death appears to be another episode in that war," said London-based analyst Ghanem Nuseibeh, founder of Cornerstone Global Associates.
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Von iranischer Seite wird vermehrt eine Reaktion/Vergeltung auf gleicher Ebene verlangt, also im Sinne eines "Auge um Auge" die Tötung westlicher Forscher gefordert. Sofern eine solche Aufwiegelung das Ziel der Attentäter war (was ich nicht glaube), so wurde es offenbar erreicht. Meine Vermutung ist allerdings eher, dass die iranischen Dienste unspekatulärer und auf anderer Ebene (z.B. im Irak oder in Afghanistan) reagieren oder evtl. sogar keine auffälligen Reaktionsmuster zeigen.