Iran’s Cyber Warfare Commander Assassinated | Zero Hedge.
Mere days after the US and Iran showed very tentative signs of some diplomatic progress being possible (and hours afterNetanyahu’s “Rouhani’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing” comments), The Telegraph reports that Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters for Iran, was found dead (with two bullets to the heart) in a wooded area north-west of Tehran. This follows the assassination of five Iranian nuclear scientists and the country’s ballistic missile program head since 2007 – all blamed on Israel’s Mossad. An eyewitness said two people on a motorbike had been involved and “the extent of the injuries indicated he had been assassinated from close range.” Western officials (the ‘essential’ ones) said the information was still being assessed.
Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters, was found dead in a wooded area near the town of Karaj, north-west of the capital, Tehran…
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