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Four Iranians Killed in Less Than a Month – Coincidence? – Analysis

Anna Ahronheim

Jerusalem Post, June 6, 2022

“All cases appear to be a clear change in targets in Israel’s war-between-wars campaign (MABAM) that aims to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring a nuclear weapon, to prevent Iran’s entrenchment in Syria and to bring an end to its hostility.”

Four Iranian officials have died in mysterious circumstances and another was kidnapped in Tehran in the past month, and the Islamic Republic has blamed Israel for all the incidents.

Target #1: Mansour Rasouli

The series of events began with the abduction of Mansour Rasouli in April. Rasouli, a purported member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps admitted to Mossad agents at his home in Iran that he was sent to target an Israeli diplomat in Turkey, an American general in Germany and a journalist in France.

Rasouli was later released and denied his earlier confession. But, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said that the Mossad had “foiled” alleged IRGC plots to assassinate a US general in Germany as well as a journalist in France, and an Israeli diplomat in Turkey.

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