Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Killed

“An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday.” (Reuters)

“A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using ‘electronic devices’ to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s… Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian nuclear scientists over the last decade, has repeatedly declined to comment on the attack.” (AP News)

The left is generally critical of the assassination, arguing in favor of diplomatic solutions....