Saudi Arabia and Israel have collaborated in assassination of Fakhrizadeh; U.S professor
"The most logical explanation is that Israel and Saudi Arabia worked together to slow down Iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon and to prevent President Biden from resuming the JCPOA in some form," a Political science professor said to ILNA news agency in an exclusive interview.
Professor at New Hampshire University Kurk Dorsey said “The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh seems most likely to have been arranged by either Israel or Saudi Arabia, or possibly the two states working together. It is possible that other states might be behind it because many are opposed to Iran building nuclear weapons.”
“If Iran reacts angrily by attacking civilians abroad or attacking either Israel or Saudi Arabia directly, it will be impossible for the Biden Administration to return to some form of the 2015 agreement.”
“On the other hand, the obvious answer is not always correct. If almost everyone is blaming Israel, then there is always the chance that some other group or nation has taken this step knowing that the blame will be pinned on Israel, he added
The U.S Professor pointed to the European Union's reaction and named it a "criminal act" and adding that the European states are not sure yet who is responsible for the attacks, so their leaders do not want to blame a foreign country that is not responsible. "Criminal act" leaves open room for the attack to have been an internal attack, for instance.
Dorsey went on tensions between Iran and United States have mounted, and confirmed “With a new administration coming into power in the US, it has a chance to return to something like the 2015 agreement. But if it lashes out at Israel, Saudi Arabia, or the US, it will find itself without a new version of the JCPOA and not able to win a military confrontation with its enemies.”
“Given this difficult position, Iran would probably be wise to do three things. First, it should emphasize that its nuclear program can go forward without Mohsen Fakhrizadeh; second, it should reduce tensions, perhaps by allowing European officials free access to nuclear sites to prove that the nuclear program is not close to producing a weapon or by pledging not to attack Israel; and third it should work to develop evidence about who is responsible for the assassination and show that evidence to the world.”
Referring to Joe Biden’s policy, the political analyst stressed that we know that Trump will be gone on January 20th, but he can make a number of decisions before then that will make it hard for the US and Iran to have productive negotiations after that.
“Trump does not want to leave office having started a war with Iran just as he is trying to get US troops out of Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq, but he also is unpredictable and more driven by his disdain for Joe Biden. It will be tempting for Iran to lash out at somebody, but doing so will not help Iran in the long run.”
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