Tag: iran
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The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine – The New York Times
The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine (Published 2021) Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html He was nowhere near Absard, however. He was peering into a computer screen at an undisclosed location…
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Iran Rattled as Israel Repeatedly Strikes Key Targets – The New York Times
Iran Rattled as Israel Repeatedly Strikes Key Targets (Published 2021) Recent attacks suggest that Israel has a clandestine network inside Iran and that Iranian security services have been powerless to break it. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/world/middleeast/iran-israeli-attacks.html In less than nine months, an assassin on a motorbike fatally shot an Al Qaeda commander given refuge in Tehran, Iran’s…
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They Thought, Why Not Iran? The Decision Upended Their Lives. – The New York Times
They Thought, Why Not Iran? The Decision Upended Their Lives. (Published 2021) An Iranian-American couple’s relocation to Iran after their daughters went off to college in the United States was a mistake paid for in accusations of spying, murky prosecution and prison. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/world/middleeast/Iran-American-prisoner-Shargi.html That decision upended their lives. Mr. Shargi is the latest dual…
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Why the Assassination of a Scientist Will Have No Impact on Iran’s Nuclear Program | The New Yorker
Why the Assassination of a Scientist Will Have No Impact on Iran’s Nuclear Program Since Friday’s killing, the question increasingly being asked in Washington and the Middle East is about motive. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-the-assassination-of-a-scientist-will-have-no-impact-on-irans-nuclear-program On Friday, the Muslim holy day, he was reportedly travelling with his wife, in a black Nissan sedan, from…
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Opinion | Dear Joe, It’s Not About Iran’s Nukes Anymore – The New York Times
Opinion | Dear Joe, It’s Not About Iran’s Nukes Anymore (Published 2020) Biden wants to reinstate the nuclear deal, but first he must confront the new Middle East. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/opinion/iran-biden-nuclear-scientist.html In effect, Trump forced Israel and the key Sunni Arab states to become less reliant on the United States and to think about how they…