Iran will retaliate its scientists' assassinations: Moslehi

[LiuKangBakinPie]

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Jan 15, IRNA -- Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said the Islamic Republic of Iran will give a decisive and crushing response to the recent terrorist acts by agents of Mossad, CIA and MI6 which resulted in martyrdom of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan.

Hojjatoleslam Moslehi made the remarks at the end of cabinet meeting among reporters in Tehran on Sunday.

Iranian nuclear scientist, Ahmadi Roshan, who worked at Iran's Natanz nuclear site and his driver were martyred last Wednesday (January 11) in a terrorist attack in northern Tehran.

'US and UK cannot pretend that they did not have anything to do with the terrorist attack,' the minister added.

While extending his condolences to the families of martyrs of the terrorist act, Hojjatoleslam Moslehi said that one of the martyrs was an elite scientist of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

'An important point which is quite evident in this incident is that the US and UK governments cannot distance themselves from the terrorist act by claiming the Iranian scientist was not martyred by their agents,' he said.

Referring to the terrorist measures of the Zionist regime in the Middle East, Hojjatoleslam Moslehi pointed out that the US and UK have installed the Zionist regime in the Middle East to commit these crimes as we see them now.

Emphasizing that the Zionist regime will not be left without a response, the intelligence minister noted that the Zionist officials should clarify what they have to say vis-a-vis the state terrorist acts carried out by them.

Hojjatoleslam Moslehi pointed out that the US and UK support Mossad's espionage activities.

'They carry out such desperate measures while call Iran's intelligence apparatus desperate in carrying out its duties,' he added.

The intelligence minister stated that the international bodies, especially human rights organizations should react to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.

'Because of the approach they have adopted by assassinating Iranian scientists, they should await similar incidents to take place in their countries,' Hojjatoleslam Moslehi added.

He pointed out that the Islamic Republic of Iran will give crushing responses to US, UK, Mossad and their terrorist attempts.

'A national committee will be formed in coordination with the secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council in order to provide the international legal organizations with the existing documents pertaining to the involvement of the Zionist regime in assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists,' the minister said.

Asked about what measures have been done to protect the Iranian scientists, Hojjatoleslam Moslehi said that protecting the lives of scientists are among duties of military and law enforcement organizations while decision-making about them is the responsibility of the Supreme National Security Council.

'Intelligence Ministry is not responsible for protecting the Iranian nuclear scientists and we do not define the manner in which these scientists should be protected,' he added.

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2012/iran-120115-irna03.htm

Looks like is brewing to war from both sides now

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

We don't know who was responsible for this. As far as we know the scientist might have been a security risk and the Iranians took him out.

Regardless, a war is hardly necessary. If military intervention were required there are other options than a real war.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

I think Iran are feeling confident about its capabilities after it hacked this

 

[dmcowen674]

We don't know who was responsible for this. As far as we know the scientist might have been a security risk and the Iranians took him out.

Regardless, a war is hardly necessary. If military intervention were required there are other options than a real war.

Like what?

Iran has been a thorn in the U.S. side forever.

 

[dmcowen674]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2012/iran-120115-irna03.htm

Looks like is brewing to war from both sides now

Real wars are good for not just U.S. economy but world economy.

 

[Broheim]

you aren't building nukes and we aren't killing your scientists, go pound sand iran.

 

[janas19]

Why shouldn't they retaliate? A foreign state comes in and commits an act of assassination/terrorism, it's like we're stirring a hornets nest.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Why shouldn't they retaliate? A foreign state comes in and commits an act of assassination/terrorism, it's like we're stirring a hornets nest.

Because most of the assassinations has been done by people living in their own country oppose to the current rule. With or without outside help MEC will sabotage the Iranian nuclear projects. Its not like Mossad or CIA members snuck into Iran and killed them. It was done by Iranians thats part of the opposition.

If a extremist group in the USA oppose to the current government kills politicians will it be justified if they go and retaliate it against other countries if the culprits is based in your own country and have been for decades there protesting against the government believes and actions?

 

[brandonb]

Why shouldn't they retaliate? A foreign state comes in and commits an act of assassination/terrorism, it's like we're stirring a hornets nest.

Yup... We have "declared a war on terrorism" which is why Iran is in the bullseye to begin with. Yet, we support terrorism ourselves and assassinate their scientists (who are civilian targets.) It could just be a propaganda war at this point though. They could have killed their own scientist, in hopes to get international support to their cause (by trying to point out we are hypocrites), but whatever the case is, propaganda is the first step in any conflict. It will only get worse from here on out.

Whatever the case is, we need to stop it before it escalates. We need to take the high road.

 

[Jaskalas]

you aren't building nukes and we aren't killing your scientists, go pound sand iran.

Whether we are involved is a fairly important question constitutionally. Not that our people want to be bound by a rule of law anymore.

 

[janas19]

I agree with Brandonb

 

[Anarchist420]

I think this is a backdoor way to war against China, even though their military doesn't compare to the American one. It will probably be used to cover for hyperinflation.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Like what?

Iran has been a thorn in the U.S. side forever.

A real war with Iran is neither fiscally nor politically viable for a number of reasons however if Iranian installations aren't exempt if there is a perceived need to remove them and diplomatic attempts fail. We can make life very hard for the Iranian government if we choose. Of course this requires a level of consideration I'm not sure most politicians can muster, but that does not remove the ability. IMO it would have been preferable doing this very thing in Iraq if it were determined that Saddam was a credible threat based on facts rather than wishful thinking. Virtually every threat which could move or fly could have been eliminated making him impotent.

The advantage of having a military like ours is that it provides a "toolbox" of options. All it requires is the wit to know when to use (and avoid using) it and not choosing a hammer to do the work of a saw.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I think this is a backdoor way to war against China, even though their military doesn't compare to the American one. It will probably be used to cover for hyperinflation.

Why on earth would anyone want that? First this isn't the 1960's. China and the US have tightly woven economies and what hurts one harms the other. Secondly an outright war with Iran would shut down most of the ME oil production with a likely outcome of causing "The Greater Depression". That would cause political instability everywhere and that's not something the powers-that-be desire.

 

[WelshBloke]

We don't know who was responsible for this. As far as we know the scientist might have been a security risk and the Iranians took him out.

Regardless, a war is hardly necessary. If military intervention were required there are other options than a real war.

You don't think it was mossad?

 

[airdata]

Like what?

Iran has been a thorn in the U.S. side forever.

Only if you buy into war propaganda.

War with Iran has been planned for a long time. So when they start spinning this nuke story, it's all just war drums to get people to support yet another meaningless war.

 

[Craig234]

Why shouldn't they retaliate? A foreign state comes in and commits an act of assassination/terrorism, it's like we're stirring a hornets nest.

That's how wars are often intentionally started, by provoking a country to retaliate then use that for saying why they started the war.

 

[zanejohnson]

Only if you buy into war propaganda.

War with Iran has been planned for a long time. So when they start spinning this nuke story, it's all just war drums to get people to support yet another meaningless war.

exactly.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

You don't think it was mossad?

There's what one thinks, what one knows, and what one thinks one knows. I don't know and the reason is that we know absolutely nothing about the scientist in question. Consider that while the Iranians are quite patriotic not all of them approve of their government. There is a distinct possibility that he was one and if that's the case then it might be his own country who plotted his killing. That way a security risk is eliminated and there is political hay to be made. Again I don't know, but I suspect this could very well be the case. I can't give an informed opinion with no data.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

That's how wars are often intentionally started, by provoking a country to retaliate then use that for saying why they started the war.

True, but what if Iran was responsible as I explained in my prior post? It's hard to blame when one does not know who is guilty. On second thought is easy to blame but it's not helpful.

 

[WelshBloke]

There's what one thinks, what one knows, and what one thinks one knows. I don't know and the reason is that we know absolutely nothing about the scientist in question. Consider that while the Iranians are quite patriotic not all of them approve of their government. There is a distinct possibility that he was one and if that's the case then it might be his own country who plotted his killing. That way a security risk is eliminated and there is political hay to be made. Again I don't know, but I suspect this could very well be the case. I can't give an informed opinion with no data.

OK there Mr Cheney.

Ignoring the things we know that we don't know, etc and with a minimum of spinning and twisting, you really think it's not mossad?

 

[zanejohnson]

That's how wars are often intentionally started, by provoking a country to retaliate then use that for saying why they started the war.

yep and its no surprise we saw it unfold...just like this.

1. flood the propoganda channels with this crap about wmd (fox news,other right wing extremist channels)

2. incite retalliation...assassinated nuclear scientists..so that no. 1 seems possible

3. fabricated war...followed by nation building..used to be called invasion.

quit being so naive.

just look at our track record..

its the kind of crap that's gonna cause another 9/11

 

[zanejohnson]

it wont end until Gen x and y are in positions to make the laws/ run the country....evolution happened somewhere in there that rid of us this "king of the hill mentality," which didn't understand the idea of living peacefully alongside your fellow man...and social/religious equality.

 

[dmcowen674]

The advantage of having a military like ours is that it provides a "toolbox" of options.

Yeah sure, like that "toolbox of options" has done us any good with any of the Republican false wars especially Iraq.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Yeah sure, like that "toolbox of options" has done us any good with any of the Republican false wars especially Iraq.

The politicians kept the toolbox locked