{"id":1176,"date":"2020-12-06T00:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T00:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2020\/12\/06\/a-trap-why-assassination-of-top-iranian-nuclear-scientist-could-tie-bidens-hands-in-future-talks-4\/"},"modified":"2020-12-06T00:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T00:42:47","slug":"a-trap-why-assassination-of-top-iranian-nuclear-scientist-could-tie-bidens-hands-in-future-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/06\/a-trap-why-assassination-of-top-iranian-nuclear-scientist-could-tie-bidens-hands-in-future-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trap? Why Assassination of Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Could Tie Biden\u2019s Hands in Future Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"alVwYD2EEAQ\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated Friday while driving on a highway outside Tehran. Iran accuses Israel of orchestrating the killing, which is the latest in a string of assassinations targeting scientists involved with Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Between 2010 and 2012, four Iranian nuclear scientists were assassinated, and analysts say Fakhrizadeh\u2019s death was designed to make it harder for President-elect Joe Biden to rejoin the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran when he takes office. Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. \u201cIsrael has always denied involvement, but it\u2019s really the only country with both the motivation and the capability to conduct such attacks,\u201d says Iranian American journalist Negar Mortazavi, host of \u201cThe Iran Podcast.\u201d She says the assassination could be an attempt \u201cto provoke Iran into a violent retaliation and basically pull Iran into a wider military conflict with the United States,\u201d as well as to complicate future diplomacy between Iranian leaders and the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. 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