Iran's Intelligence ministry arrests several over assassination of academic

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Iran arrests several over assassination of academic
TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – Iran has arrested a number of people in connection with the assassination of the academic, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani told Al-Alam News Network on Monday.

Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, a graduate of Sharif University of Technology in chemical engineering and an official at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, was assassinated in Tehran on January 11 when a magnetic bomb attached to his car detonated.

“A number of people who had a hand in the assassination of Martyr Ahmadi-Roshan have been arrested,” Larijani said.

“Investigation is underway to identify the terrorists and details about the assassination,” he added.

Larijani also said, “Iran will not remain silent about the assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, its nuclear scientist, by the Zionist regime.”

“(But) Iran’s response to the assassination of its scientists will not be similar to the action by the Zionist regime which carries out assassination operations,” he noted.

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[longbrained]

AM - Iran arrests suspects over assassination 17/01/2012

TONY EASTLEY: Iran has made several arrests after last week's magnetic bomb assassination of a scientist employed at one of its nuclear plants.

However, Iranian authorities won't say who or how many people were arrested, or where they're from.

There's widespread speculation that Israel's spy agency Mossad was somehow involved in the attack.

Those accusations have been backed up by a report from Washington this week claiming that Mossad agents posed as CIA officers in 2008 in order to recruit people to carry out attacks and assassinations against Iranian officials.

The report's author Mark Perry, who wrote the article for America's Foreign Policy Magazine, says it's clear Israel is waging a covert war against Iran.

He spoke to our Middle East correspondent Anne Barker.

MARK PERRY: Well we don't actually have very good credible public information on what they've been doing, and that they're the actual perpetrators. But there are strong suspicions. And, after all, who could be doing it?

Iran does have a long list of people who are enemies, including internal enemies, and not just Jundallah but the Mujahideen-e Khalq, and obviously people who took the streets in Iran two years ago.

But that said, if you take a look at these assassinations of Iranian scientists, they're very sophisticated operations. And it seems unlikely that those kinds of sophisticated operations, using magnetic bombs and not IEDs (improvised explosive device) for instance, whether that's within the capabilities of Iranian dissident groups. It's not.

This smacks of a much larger expertise and sophistication that only a few intelligence agencies would have.

ANNE BARKER: How confident are you that the information in your report is accurate?

MARK PERRY: One-hundred per cent. There's no question that it's accurate. I wouldn't have published it otherwise. I have two requirements for publishing an article of this kind, which took me 18 months to nail down, and the first requirement is that it be right, and the second that it not damage my country; and not necessarily in that order. There's just no question it was right.

ANNE BARKER: The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week flatly denied any US involvement in assassinating the nuclear scientist, for example, but do you think the US has been party to this practice by Israeli Mossad agents, as you claim, to be recruiting under the name of the CIA?

MARK PERRY: No. The information that I've gotten directly is that the United States does not assassinate foreign officials of a foreign government. That there's no evidence that we're behind this, that we're not cooperating with Israel in doing this.

We're cooperating on information gathering operations, I don't think there's any question about that, and Israel says it's a strategic ally. But it's a violation of the law for us to do assassinations.

ANNE BARKER: At the same time, if your report is correct how much does this jeopardise US operations in the region?

MARK PERRY: Well it depends on what the operations are. I don't think it jeopardises it. It distances the United States from Israeli operations and between the US and Pakistan and between the US and every Arab country where the Mossad operates. We just don't do political assassinations.

Now people will say, well of course you do, take a look at the drone, take a look at the drone program. And I've asked that question of my sources, and I said, what about the drone program? And they said, listen Mark, we're conducting a war on terrorism but to target Iranian officials and nuclear scientists, it's beyond the pale. We don't do it.

TONY EASTLEY: American foreign policy analyst Mark Perry, speaking to Middle East correspondent, Anne Barker.

 

[longbrained]

What Iran needs is to produce a force for personal protection of people of importance. This force should be highly trained and capable much like US secret service whose job is to protect people and installations of great importance. It seems Iranians do not have any such highly trained force at all. They need something like these guys:

 

[Birbal]

What Iran needs is to produce a force for personal protection of people of importance. This force should be highly trained and capable much like US secret service whose job is to protect people and installations of great importance. It seems Iranians do not have any such highly trained force at all. They need something like these guys:

Given that ordinary scientists involved with the nuclear program are being targeted, it's impractical to provide protection for all of them. Instead, the goal should be to try to catch those responsible and punish them heavily as a deterrent against more attacks.

 

[longbrained]

Given that ordinary scientists involved with the nuclear program are being targeted, it's impractical to provide protection for all of them. Instead, the goal should be to try to catch those responsible and punish them heavily as a deterrent against more attacks.

I agree that not every one can be given protection but the guy was deputy director of purchase department of Natanz, so I guess he actually deserved atleast one highly trained bodyguard who should have been with him. Even if Iran makes a force of let's say 15,000 highly trained people, it would be enough to protect almost every important node, including the deputy directors of enrichment plant. The fact that there was actually a bodyguard with him who was driving his car and the fact that news reports say that bomb exploded 300 meters after the point the terrorists attached it to the car are testimony that the Iranian bodyguards are poorly trained. In all probability Iranian body guard either did not notice that bikers had touched the car because of his poor situational awareness or that the bodyguard panicked and instead of stopping the car, removing the guy from it and shooting the bikers, he actually increased speed and jammed the pedal. Poorly trained and motivated police, bodyguards and investigators are actually more of a liability than an asset.

 

[IranZamin]

I agree that not every one can be given protection but the guy was deputy director of purchase department of Natanz, so I guess he actually deserved atleast one highly trained bodyguard who should have been with him. Even if Iran makes a force of let's say 15,000 highly trained people, it would be enough to protect almost every important node, including the deputy directors of enrichment plant. The fact that there was actually a bodyguard with him who was driving his car and the fact that news reports say that bomb exploded 300 meters after the point the terrorists attached it to the car are testimony that the Iranian bodyguards are poorly trained. In all probability Iranian body guard either did not notice that bikers had touched the car because of his poor situational awareness or that the bodyguard panicked and instead of stopping the car, removing the guy from it and shooting the bikers, he actually increased speed and jammed the pedal. Poorly trained and motivated police, bodyguards and investigators are actually more of a liability than an asset.

Irans intelligence ministry announced that they do not have the task of defending the scientists. the responsibility lays somewhere else with a different organization

http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30766420

'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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Irans intelligence ministry announced that they do not have the task of defending the scientists. the responsibility lays somewhere else with a different organization

IR Iran will retaliate its scientists' assassinations: Moslehi



'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.

That is why I am talking about. It is a management issue where institutes just blame each other for this huge shortcoming. It does not matter anyways since a shortcoming is there. It is better to establish a new organization like US secret service and assign to it the task of protecting important stuff and people. That way, every one knows who is responsible for what. Right now the intelligence minister says it is the job of police, and the police says it is the job of ministry and so on. And probably neither have the qualification and the training to do the job. Iran needs a small but effective protection force.

 

[IranZamin]

That is why I am talking about. It is a management issue where institutes just blame each other for this huge shortcoming. It does not matter anyways since a shortcoming is there. It is better to establish a new organization like US secret service and assign to it the task of protecting important stuff and people. That way, every one knows who is responsible for what. Right now the intelligence minister says it is the job of police, and the police says it is the job of ministry and so on. And probably neither have the qualification and the training to do the job. Iran needs a small but effective protection force.

just in

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-...force-has-been-formed-iranian-scientists.html

 

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just in

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-...force-has-been-formed-iranian-scientists.html

I hope they train them real hard and rough. Otherwise it is just going to be another failure. Poorly trained guards do not amount to much. They should train them to be the best at their job.

 

[Smarterthanyou]

Won't matter. Let's face it the Isrealis are way more smarter than any of you guys. It's an inconvenient truth

 

[BATMAN]

Won't matter. Let's face it the Isrealis are way more smarter than any of you guys. It's an inconvenient truth

Quick arrest shows Iran regime is smarter than all.

 

[Smarterthanyou]

Quick arrest shows Iran regime is smarter than all.

You thinking that drama made up for public consumption is smart, furthers illustrates my point.

 

[lem34]

Won't matter. Let's face it the Isrealis are way more smarter than any of you guys. It's an inconvenient truth

Well they are smarter than Americans where AIPAC runs America. At least they don't run Iran lol

 

[Smarterthanyou]

Well they are smarter than Americans where AIPAC runs America. At least they don't run Iran lol

We appreciate the contribution our Jews make to our country and it's far better than the contribution your community made from Leeds on 26/11.

 

[lem34]

We appreciate the contribution our Jews make to our country and it's far better than the contribution your community made from Leeds on 26/11.

Yea right how they run your lives