Iran will give a calculated response, says the top adviser

Tehran, 29th November: A top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said that Iran will give a “calculated and decisive” response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist.

Baaghi TV: Iran has decided to give a premeditated response to the killing of its nuclear scientist, while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehran’s revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa.

“Undoubtedly, Iran will give a calculated and decisive answer to the criminals who took Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh from the Iranian nation,” Kamal Kharrazi, who is also head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in a statement.

As Baaghi TV reported earlier, Fakhrizadeh, a mastermind behind a secret nuclear weapons programme was long suspected by Western and Israeli government. He was ambushed on a highway near Tehran and gunned down on Friday in his car.

Iran’s clerical and military rulers have blamed Iran’s longtime enemy, Israel, for the killing. Iran has in the past accused Israel of killing several Iranian nuclear scientists since 2010.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has declined to comment on the killing. An Israeli cabinet minister, Tzachi Hanegbi, said he did not know who carried it out.

Iranian hardline media called on Sunday for tough revenge.

The Kayhan daily, whose editor-in-chief is appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for an attack on the Israeli port city of Haifa if an Israeli role in Fakhrizadeh’s killing is proven.

“The attack should be carried out in such a way that in addition to destroying the facilities, it should also cause heavy human casualties,” wrote Saadollah Zarei in an opinion piece.

However, Iran’s rulers are aware of the difficulties of attacking the daunting opponent Israel. Such an attack would also complicate any effort by the US President-elect Joe Biden who promises to revive relations with Tehran after he takes office on January 20.

Stay tuned to Baaghi TV for all the latest news and updates!