Cloak conceals dagger


On Sunday, an IRGC Colonel, Hassan Sayad Khodai, was assassinated in broad daylight outside his home by two assailants on a motorcycle. There’s been no official claim of responsibility.

It’s a mystery why Khodai was targeted. It’s possible it was in retaliation for Khodai’s involvement in plots against Israeli officials. But, consider the history of high-profile assassinations inside Iran.

Between 2007 and 2012, five people associated with Iran’s nuclear program were assassinated in Iran. Several of these instances involved assailants on motorcycles. Another prominent figure, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the head of Iran’s atomic energy program, was assassinated in 2020. The complex operation involved smuggling in and assembling a remote-controlled gun.

A brazen Israeli intelligence operation in 2018 involving stealing thousands of documents related to Iran’s nuclear program from a secret warehouse in Tehran.

A Colonel doesn’t seem like a high enough profile target to risk such a daylight operation, especially if he isn’t involved with Iran’s nuclear program, the high profile, high risk target Israel is committed to spending valuable resources on.

If Israel was indeed behind it, clearly Israel has developed exceptional intelligence capabilities inside Iran. Who Israel works with is of course a closely guarded secret. Whether Israel smuggles in its own operatives, or works with natives such as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), is not known.

The war in the shadows continues apace.

6 thoughts on “Cloak conceals dagger

  1. Gives a whole new meaning to “I wouldn’t want to be seen dead in a Kia”

  2. If it’s Israel, I think they’re in effect saying “don’t think, Iranian terrorism officer or nuclear weapons scientist, that you are off limits because you are not a full general or key contributor. The gloves are coming off.”

  3. This sounds more like Russia than Israel, but who knows? An assassination to undermine talks with the US, and keep Iran isolated?

  4. Look beyond the headlines. Whoever killed Khodai has a kill list, and is capable of executing it. As Iran moves towards becoming a nuclear power, with the assistance of America’s Democrats, look for more of this.
    The US is not a serious player when it comes to doing things like this, but other nations are.

  5. The Iranians are blaming Israel.

    Reports of Khodayari’s assassination began to circulate in Iran and around the world, while security forces in Iran were frantically searching for the assassination squad.

    Meanwhile, the ISNA news agency reported that the IRGC had exposed and arrested a network of Israeli intelligence agents.“

    Who knows? It’s like trying to figure out what’s going on in Ukraine. All bullshit.

  6. EI, the method could be Russia, but why on earth would Russians undermine their own surrogates?

    Rule of thumb for press releases; if it’s from Russia or Iran, it’s as a rule false. Case in point; Russia is claiming to have destroyed more Ukrainian aircraft than the country possessed at the start of the war. Pretty neat trick on their part to destroy Ukrainian planes more than once, and still not manage to get air supremacy.

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