The Israeli newspaper “Yediot Aharonot” said that, since 1993, the “Mossad” intelligence service had been following the activities of the assassinated Iranian nuclear physicist last week in his country, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
At the time, the Iranian nuclear program, according to the newspaper, was taking its first steps.
This came in the details of the article “Fakhrizadeh Dossier”, on Friday, by Ronen Bergman, an intelligence analyst at the newspaper, who confirmed that Tel Aviv was able to access a significant amount of information about this physical scientist and the Iranian nuclear project and his relationship with Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the Pakistani nuclear bomb. This information included, the newspaper adds, “classified records that include information in Fakhrizadeh’s voice, talking about building five nuclear explosive warheads” and documents in his handwriting.
This process was preceded by the success of the Mossad, according to “Yediot Aharonot”, in recruiting an Iranian official close to the nuclear scientist.
She explained that the Mossad was able to obtain a recording with Fakhri Zadeh’s voice talking about its efforts to produce “5 nuclear warheads” for the benefit of his country.
She confirmed that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heard the recording in 2008 to the then American President, George Bush, to convince him of the need to intensify pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program, which, according to the audio, as Yedioth Ahronoth said, appeared to be a non-peaceful project. This changed the American position and opened the way for Washington and Tel Aviv to cooperate to confront the Iranian project.
Analyst Ronen Bergman added that Fakhrizadeh was chosen at the head of the Iranian nuclear program because he was a highly qualified scientist in his field, but also for his impeccable loyalty to the Iranian regime as he joined the Revolutionary Guard early in 1979 and was the “right man in the right place” at the helm. The nuclear project.
It should be noted that Tehran accused Tel Aviv of assassinating Fakhrizadeh, and there is press information that attributes the operation directly or by hinting to the Israeli intelligence service, the Mossad, which was compelled according to it to postpone the assassination several times for practical / technical and political reasons. However, the Israeli government did not adopt this assassination, which was emphasized. On him, “Yediot Aharonot said,” There is no official Israeli recognition of the operation.
Source: Israeli “I 24” channel / “Times of Israel” / Russian “Sputnik” agency
