Irani Command Operations for Security Assistant in the Revolutionary Guard Colonel Jacob Bagheri said in an interview with the Farris news agency, “During the past two years, Israel has attempted to kill a nuclear scientist and the Revolutionary Guard has succeeded in thwarting the attempts of the Zionist enemy”.

He added that in the past four years, at least five Iranian nuclear researchers have been killed including the deputy of research at the Natanz facility. Iranian officials he explained point a finger of blame at both Israel and the CIA.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)