My latest in FrontPage:
The party celebrating Joe Biden’s proclaimed victory was in full swing in Tehran, and then it was rudely interrupted. The New York Times reported Friday that “Iran’s top nuclear scientist, who American and Israeli intelligence have long charged was behind secret programs to design an atomic warhead, was shot and killed on Friday as he was traveling in a vehicle in northern Iran.” Mohsen Fakhrizadeh “has been considered the driving force behind Iran’s nuclear weapons program for two decades.” Suddenly the future didn’t look as bright for the mullahs as it had just hours before.
Up until Fakhrizadeh was killed, the mullahs and their henchmen had been displaying a swagger they hadn’t shown since the palmy days of Barack Hussein Obama. After Israel struck Iranian Quds Force installations in Syria in mid-November, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh issued a bold Biden-based threat, declaring: “The Zionist regime is well aware that the era of hit and run is over….Iran’s presence in Syria is advisory, and naturally, if anyone disrupts this advisory presence, our response will be a crushing one.” Especially now, with compliant Old Joe in the White House
Nor was that all the Biden buoyancy. Iran’s state-controlled Mehr News Agency announced last Sunday that the Islamic Republic was stepping up its nuclear program: Iran’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations Kazem Gharibabadi “says the country will operate 174 advanced IR-M2 centrifuges at Natanz nuclear facility.” Gharibabadi also took care to emphasize that “all of Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful, carried out under the supervision of the IAEA, and the United States has no excuse to attack Iran.”
No worries. With the foreign policy establishment firmly back in the saddle, doing anything to offend or oppose the mullahs is the last thing on anyone’s mind.
The mullahs have also been emboldened inside Iran. IranWire reported, also last Sunday, that “in simultaneous operations in various cities across Iran, security agents ransacked the homes of tens of Baha’is. Their personal effects, mobile phones, computers, laptops and religious books and pictures were all confiscated, and in a number of cases, the agents also reportedly took away any cash they found, along with national ID cards.”
One Baha’i was puzzled: “At a time when people are supposed to be working together and observe social distancing and avoid unnecessary traffic, unknown individuals – who might be carriers of the disease – came to Baha’i homes and touched everything on the pretext of an inspection. Isn’t such behavior contrary to public health guidelines?”
Sure. But the mullahs have been assuming that the severe threat to their regime that Donald Trump posed will soon be over. The Iranian nuclear deal that enables Iran’s nuclear program and opens the door for it to receive billions from a thoughtless, imprudent, and willfully ignorant West will soon be back on. So they have assumed that it is a perfect time to step up its operations against the perceived enemies of the Islamic regime, that is, poor and defenseless non-Muslims.
Until the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, that is. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said recently: “It is not important who is elected president, as the next US administration will surrender to the Iranian nation.” It is likely indeed that Joe Biden’s regency for Kamala Harris will indeed “surrender to the Iranian nation,” as the disastrous precedent of the Obama/Biden administration makes clear. But now the targeting of Iran’s top nuclear scientist indicates that the mullahs’ assumption that it is time to let the good times roll may have been premature. Even with Dotty Old Joe in the White House, others that are less clueless, corrupt, and compliant will continue to take the Islamic Republic seriously when it issues its genocidal threats, and will act accordingly.
It may be that a Biden-led United States of America will work to empower a regime that finds itself severely threatened from other quarters that are capable of striking in ways the mullahs are unable to anticipate or prevent. Given the widespread dissatisfaction among the Iranian people with the Islamic regime, such strikes could enjoy considerable support inside the Islamic Republic. This could lead to the odd spectacle of the Leftist gerontocracy in Washington doing all it can to prop up the Islamic gerontocracy in Tehran, but being unable to overcome the will of the Iranian people themselves. We can only hope.
somehistory says
They claim Mossad did it and are threatening to hit Haifa …to disrupt the port activities and to kill as many humans as possible.
The Nimitz has sailed to the area, but not saying it is because of this situation.
Wellington says
A great “interruption.”
Thank you, Israel.
mortimer says
Agree. I hope more such ‘interruptions’ reoccur and that Iran’s foolish, participating scientists see that they have a duty to defend humanity from a nuclearized Iran.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
adjicias malum !!!
gravenimage says
Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated: An interruption of the Islamic Republic’s new post-election exuberance
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What, a kink in celebrating the clueless Biden’s election, who has vowed to turn the spigot back on enabling the Mullah’s nuclear ambitions? Say it ain’t so! sarc/off
Keith O says
Once again Israel’s actions have brought a warm fuzzy feeling to the old heart.
Thankfully Israel isn’t ruled by someone like Killary/Biden/Harris! The world needs leadership not self interest and greed from those in power.
Amaneh says
USA already mock test atomic bomb from F35 and hit its target. The war with Iran is coming in coming weeks and end of regime that kills christians and zorastrians and muslims . We ask terrorist regime of Iran free all foriegn nationals with dual passports ASAP. This terrorist regime which helps Hamas, PLO and Yemenis and all other ones in Iraq , Sheikh Moghtadar Sadr which is militia in Iraq under terrorist regime of Iran. We expose them untill all Iranian people are free. Anniversary of riots in Iran , the regime used gangs to put fear in people of Iran. Iranian have no guns to over throw this cancer of middle east. Option 2 is only way strike friom USA and Israel.
gravenimage says
I doubt it. President Trump was likely going to wait and see how the cut in money and the sanctions worked–and as for Biden, he grimly plans to start enabling Iran’s nuclear program again.
“Iran Can’t Wait for Biden”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/11/iran-cant-wait-for-biden
Mojdeh says
We Iranian people love Jihadwatch , we all are tired of Islam and facism. The day shall come soon after freedom, democracy back to Iran. The people of Iran majority of them will become Christians or the rest become other religions. We support and sympathy with make spencer and we paray for his success all time. Exposing truth about Islam is truth and we Iranian inside Iran know that fact.
How Mossad executed Iran’s nuclear chief: Power to the entire region was cut as gun and bomb attack blasted his convoy before he was dragged from car and finished off… then the 12 assassins melted away
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was shot dead in his car by 12 highly-trained assassins in the city of Absard, near Tehran
The killers – which included a pair of snipers – formed 62-person group of plotters, reports have revealed
Detail have been revealed by Iranian journalist Mohamad Ahwaze who obtained leaked information
How ever SAVAMA the secret police of Iran saying most of it was done by Artificial Intelegence from space. Either way it is wondefull job and we Iranian believe was MKO job or Shah of Iran supporters to show they are alive. Iranian for Reza Shah 2 for free Iran and we will not kill any of terrorist ayatoolahs instead we put them FEMA CAMP EVIN prision and put Allahu Akbar 24 hours a day. That is worst penalty.
somehistory says
Thank you for sharing your experience there where many, perhaps most, of us have never been; and can’t really imagine.
OLD GUY says
Yes I have known several Iranian people and they all supported freedom over Islam and dictators. Hope they can break for freedom.
J. Morgan says
In other Iranian news…”..review of the secured servers yielded proof that China, Iran, and Russia were involved in the attempted coup against President Donald Trump, who will be shown to have won an overwhelming victory for the American people, McInerney revealed. ”
https://creativedestructionmedia.com/analysis/2020/11/28/report-lt-gen-mcinerney-reports-us-special-forces-attacked-cia-server-farm-in-germany-in-server-seizure-operation-5-soldiers-killed-servers-secured/
OLD GUY says
Taking out the head of Irans nuclear program is a good thing, however taking out their nuclear facilities at this time would make a lot of sense. With him out rebuilding their nuclear facilities would be vary difficult and set them back years. Just an idea.
Mojdeh says
You welcome indeed. Queen of London brought Ayatollah Khomeini that was born in India.We also shame of Jimmy Carter and Obama that Iranian went to street 3 days Obama did not support it. Last year Millions Iranian burned to the ground anything has Islamic Republic, then 3000 of them killed by PLO , Hamas soldiers loyal to Ayatollahs. The regime of Iran has thugs that catching people any where and send them to Evin Priston.This terrorist regime must go and only PR Trump can order strike on Iran. We Iranian are seek and tired of terrorist regime of Khamanie that sent money to terrorists in middle east. We Iranian must eat chicken legs like China? This is shame of humanity. Where is my Oil????
gravenimage says
Where to start? No, the Ayatollah Khomeini was not born in India–he was born in Khomeyn, Iran. Then, there is no “Queen of London”–one presumes this poster is refering to the Queen of England. Then, he spent his exile in Iraq and France–not in Britain.
The PLO is not in Iran. Then, what is this about China forcing Iranians to each chicken legs?
Mojdeh says
Thank you for your acknolgemt. Somehistory.