Israeli attacks became more frequent from July 2020, when a huge explosion took place in the Natanz uranium enrichment site in central Iran, destroying one of the buildings. In November of the same year, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent official in Iran’s nuclear program, was assassinated in a roadside attack near Tehran. Western and Israeli intelligence had long suspected that Fakhrizadeh was the father of Iran’s covert nuclear weapons program. In November of that year, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a key figure in Iran’s nuclear program, was assassinated in a roadside attack near Tehran. But few observers believe these claims, as Iran has never produced concrete evidence of success against Israeli covert operations.

Source: International New York Times July 31, 2024 21:52 UTC