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5 takeaways from Israel’s assassination of Iran’s top nuclear weapons scientist

By Tom Rogan
Published November 27, 2020 8:00pm ET
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5 takeaways from Israel’s assassination of Iran’s top nuclear weapons scientist
Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, has assassinated the leader of the military component of Iran’s nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The killing offers five observation points. 1) Biden will not be able to return America to the JCPOA nuclear accord without significant complicationThe Biden administration has prioritized America’s return to the 2015 JCPOA nuclear accord. […]

Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, has assassinated the leader of the military component of Iran’s nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The killing offers five observation points.

1) Biden will not be able to return America to the JCPOA nuclear accord without significant complication
The Biden administration has prioritized America’s return to the 2015 JCPOA nuclear accord. What happened on Friday shows just how challenging this will be.

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