THE WAR ON IRAN:
Nuclear Assassinations
Just the Tip of the Iceberg
By Dr. Ismail Salami
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28755
Global Research, January 19, 2012
"I
saw a motorcycle. They were wearing ski masks -- black ski masks. They
were two people. I saw the motorcycle speed by. I saw them. It seemed as
if they had something in their hands,” this is how a female witness
described the scene of the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist
Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan.
As
the blade of blame is being directed against the CIA and Mossad for
orchestrating the brutal assassination of the 32-year-old Iranian
scientist in broad daylight in Tehran on Wednesday morning, the duo have
preferred to feign ignorance as to the identity of the main perpetrator
of the crime.
"I
want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of
act of violence inside Iran," US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton told reporters on Thursday.
Also, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the US had nothing to do with the assassination.
"We
were not involved in any way -- in any way -- with regards to the
assassination that took place [in Iran]," he said. "I'm not sure of who
was involved...But I can tell you one thing: the United States was not
involved in that kind of effort. That's not what the United States
does."
The US is not the only party which has chosen to be in denial.
Israeli
President Shimon Peres also denied on Thursday that Israel was involved
in the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist. In an interview
with CNN, Peres was asked if Israel was involved in the nuclear
assassination, to which he answered: "Not to the best of my knowledge."
"I
know that it is fashionable that whatever wrong happens in Iran, it is
the United States and Israel. There is nothing new in this approach,"
said Peres.
What
kind of answer would the viewers expect from Peres to such a native
question? The question is indeed as unwise in substance as the answer
given by Peres.
In order to find out who really killed the Iranian scientist, one needs to put together the factual pieces.
Just
two days after Iran sentenced to death CIA operative of Iranian descent
Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, two unidentified men on a motorcycle attached a
magnetic bomb onto the car of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi
Roshan, a senior official at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, and
detonated it on Wednesday, killing the young scientist and his driver.
It does not seem unreasonable to say that there was a link between the two incidents.
And
in comes a third party e.g. Britain which bears as equal responsibility
for the crime as the other two. British Middle East minister Alistair
Burt has recently visited Israel and demanded all nations intensify
pressure on Tehran to stall its nuclear program. Proudly he announced
that "a few weeks ago the British government imposed tough new financial
restrictions against Iran. These new sanctions make it illegal for any
financial institution in the United Kingdom to have any dealings with
any institution in Iran. They are the toughest of their kind. And we
will build on them, getting others to follow suit."
A
close friend of Israel, Mr. Burt described the Iranian nuclear program
as “the major issue at the top of our shared agenda," saying that Israel
can serve as a partner in a common cause against a regime dangerously
loose.”
Lavishing
pearls of British wisdom on the audience while speaking at Bar-Ilan
University's Feldman International Conference Center, Mr. Burt said Iran
“does not just threaten Israel,” and sycophantically described Israel
as the “bastion for stability in the region.”
Also
contributing to the shared agenda of Israel and Britain in nuclear
assassinations and sabotage activities in Iran is the remark of the
Israel Defense Forces' Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz who
said on Tuesday in an address to a closed Knesset committee that Iran
should expect more "unnatural" events in 2012.
While
the hawks in Washington have already declared a nuclear war on Iran in a
metaphoric sense i.e. the assassination of the Iranian nuclear
scientists, some of them avail themselves of a kind of literature in
their reference to the nuclear assassinations which indicates the abyss
of human degeneration. An impetuous example of this was reflected in a
video circulated on the internet in which Rick Santorum, who is a sad
excuse for a human being and a politically bankrupt White House
aspirant, has unfeelingly described the assassination of Iranian
scientists as “wonderful.”
"On
occasion, scientists working on the nuclear program in Iran turn up
dead. I think that's a wonderful thing, candidly," said Rick Santorum
addressing an election campaign in Greenville, South Carolina.
He
added that, "I think we should send a very clear message that if you
are a scientist from Russia, North Korea, or from Iran and you are going
to work on a nuclear program to develop a bomb for Iran, you are not
safe.”
There
are times when one wonders how on earth all these politically,
ethically and intellectually Lilliputian-minded people have turned up
together in this world.
All
these facts aside, examples for the animosity of the UK, US and Israel
towards the Islamic Republic are legion. However, this is just the tip
of the iceberg of the myriad crimes orchestrated, funded and carried out
by the trio.
There
is no doubt that the recent assassination has caused a lot of
intellectual anguish, emotional pain and political wrath in Iran.
In
a stern warning, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali
Khamenei, lashed out at the United States and Israel for orchestrating
the assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan. In a message of condolence
to his family, Ayatollah Khamenei said the assassination was carried out
under the unholy auspices of the CIA and Mossad.
“This
act of cowardice, whose perpetrators and architects will never dare to
confess to their foul and appalling crime or assume responsibility for
it, has been engineered and funded by the CIA and Mossad [spy]
services,” he said, adding, “The assassination shows that the global
arrogance spearheaded by the US and Zionism has arrived at an impasse in
their encounter with the determined, devout, and progressive nation of
Islamic Iran.”
Central
to the circle of the prime suspects in the nuclear assassinations is
the IAEA itself. About two weeks ago, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan had
reportedly met the agency inspectors.
Isn't it strange that the nuclear scientist was killed only two weeks after his meeting with the IAEA inspectors?
Another
point which actually strengthens the speculation is that the names and
identities of Iranian nuclear scientists who have so far been
assassinated have been published in the list of sanctions issued by the
IAEA.
Israel
Defense Forces' Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz has said,
Iran should be expecting more "unnatural" events in 2012.
Iran
is certainly prepared for the worst but the enemies of the Islamic
Republic should for their part await devastating consequences of
colossal proportions if they wish to persevere in their path of
mischief.
Dr. Ismail Salami is an Iranian writer, Middle East expert, Iranologist and lexicographer. He writes extensively on the US and Middle East issues and his articles have been translated into a number of languages.
