- Fakhrizadeh is considered to have been one of the main targets of the Israeli security service Mossad and several of his colleagues were also murdered a number of years ago.
According to Stina Blomgren, it is too early to talk about motives for the act, but it increases the risk of Iranian retaliation and thus also the risk of war in a very sensitive situation for the Middle East.
- When Joe Biden takes office as President of the United States in January, he is expected to try to revive the international nuclear energy agreement with Iran.
This attack complicates a rapprochement between Iran and the rest of the world.
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