The assassination of Tehranβs top nuclear scientist is a ploy by Israel to compel the likely US president-elect to reject diplomacy and choose military action to deal with Iranβs nuclear ambition. Which option will he choose?
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the shadowy father of Iranβs nuclear program; his existence, let alone his work, was barely acknowledged by Iran. A brigadier general with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Command, Fakhrizadeh was involved in the academic aspects of Iranian national security, eventually heading up the Physics Research Center, where he masterminded the design and material acquisition in support of Iranβs uranium enrichment effort.
