The Foreign Minister of #Iran claims that ‘terrorists murdered an eminent Iranian scientist today’ inside the country. He then goes on to blame #Israel saying their ‘role—shows desperate warmongering of perpetrators’: https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1332345633425022976
A detailed thread of the incident: #Iran https://twitter.com/auroraintel/status/1332313256606773248?s=21
Donald Trump has retweeted both a NYT’s article and an #Israeli journalist on the assassination in #Iran: https://twitter.com/yossi_melman/status/1332320741480665088
The AP story on the incident: https://apnews.com/article/dubai-iran-united-arab-emirates-nuclear-weapons-israel-28d7c6e4abec1b82f2d2f3ad649bbe01
#Iranian State TV claim that one of the people behind the assassination has been arrested: https://twitter.com/leithfadel/status/1332367082848129024
The NYT is reporting that three unnamed intelligence officials have said that #Israel was behind the assassination today which killed Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in #Iran.
A short thread on how the incident could have potentially unfolded: https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1332392633021423617
From former CIA director John Brennan: https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan/status/1332400792620462082
The chief of the IRGC says that this incident ...’will not disrupt the determination of the Iranians to continue this glorious and authoritarian path, and severe revenge and punishment are on the agenda.’ https://twitter.com/salamy_ir/status/1332407305959305222
A new report claims that the USS Nimitz is now being moved back into the Persian Gulf region, along with other warships, to provide combat support and air coverage as #US troops withdraw from #Iraq and #Afghanistan.’ It was supposedly planned prior to today’s assassination: https://twitter.com/barbarastarrcnn/status/1332427583573602311