Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 05:54am on 18 Jun 2025,Wednesday International
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s top nuclear scientist and key architect of the covert “Project Amad,” was killed on November 27, 2020, in a remote-controlled assassination that mirrored Israel’s 2025 strike on Fereidoun Abbasi. Fakhrizadeh, often dubbed Iran’s “Oppenheimer,” had remained unseen publicly until 2018, when Israeli PM Netanyahu revealed his identity. While traveling east of Tehran with his wife and guards, a machine‑gun rigged with AI, satellite links and explosives reportedly assembled in Iran, ambushed him with 15 precise shots; the vehicle detonated afterward but failed to destroy the weapon. The operation bore Mossad’s signature; intelligence suggests months of surveillance, covert smuggling, and remote execution. Fakhrizadeh’s death derailed nuclear diplomacy, accelerated Iran’s enrichment, and empowered domestic hardliners. (PC: Al Jazeera & The Times Of Israel)
