Israeli source releases details on Iran assassination to Sunday Times

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – According to the London-based Sunday Times, Mossad agents are responsible for the targeted attack which killed Iranian academic Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan on January 11. “What is seen in espionage films as a simple operation is a result of hard work, many months of intelligence gathering and a well trained team,” the paper quoted an unnamed Israeli source as saying this week. According to the paper, Israeli Mossad agents gathered in small groups to observe key locations across Tehran. It also wrote that the agents monitored Roshan’s every move from an improvised control room in a safe house nearby. The paper said that Roshan’s bodyguard and driver checked the state-issued silver Peugeot 405, for explosives. He then proceeded to slip into the driver’s seat and waited for the scientist. Just before 8 am, an Israeli observer reported the objective had left via an intercepted message. Then the assassins’ commander made the final decision, telling agents who were standing by with a motorcycle in a hidden garage to “go”. At around 8:20 am, the agents tracked down the scientist’s car, the Sunday Times reported. The masked man made sure the passenger was in fact Roshan before proceeding to attach a magnetic bomb to the vehicle, intended primarily to injure Roshan. Nine seconds later an explosion was heard. The scientist was killed instantly. The driver was badly injured and died in the hospital later that day.