Fars News: "Moussad Incapable of Running Operations in Iran"

Here is Iran's reaction to reports that the Mossad assassinated nuclear scientist Hassanpour. In this case, interestingly, they would rather assert that everything is well with their nuclear program than scream about another Zionist plot. The Fars News site resizes one's browser window, and this has been identified as an internet security threat by other bloggers, but here is the link if you want it.

None of the Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated by Moussad because the Israeli intelligence agency is basically incapable of running operations inside Iran, an informed source said here in Tehran on Sunday.

Following a report released by the weekly 'Sunday Times' about assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist called Ardeshir Hossein-pour by Israel's Moussad, an informed source told FNA that Hossein-pour, a Shiraz University professor, was in no way connected to Iran's Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan and that he had been suffocated by fumes from a faulty gas fire in sleep.

The Sunday Times report alleged that Hossein-pour was an employee at Isfahan's UCF plant, where uranium hexafluoride (UF6) is produced from uranium ore.

The source also pointed out that Moussad is even incapable of solving the international crisis of the Zionist regime, saying, "If Moussad was capable of doing great things, it should have solved the domestic crisis of Israel."

"The United States and Israel have repeatedly gone under deep criticism by western politicians and experts for their weaknesses in collecting correct information about Iran's capabilities," he continued, stating that such reports are released to serve propaganda purposes.

The informed source also stressed, "Iran's nuclear scientists are continuing their efforts to master civilian nuclear technology for peaceful purposes."

Tags: Iran, nukes, Hassanpour, Israel, Mossad