Since at least 2010, Israel has allegedly conducted dozens of attacks inside Iran, including sabotage of sensitive nuclear and military installations, as well as assassinations of experts and individuals deemed a threat.
Israeli attacks became more frequent from July 2020, when a huge explosion took place in the Natanz uranium enrichment site in central Iran, destroying one of the buildings. In November of the same year, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent official in Iran’s nuclear program, was assassinated in a roadside attack near Tehran. Western and Israeli intelligence had long suspected that Fakhrizadeh was the father of Iran’s covert nuclear weapons program.
Many small and bigger attacks on various targets have occurred since Fakhrizadeh’s assassination, which allegedly involved a high-tech, remote operated machine gun. Israel has never acknowledged its involvement in any of these attacks, but it is widely believed that many incidents at military and industrial sites were the result of either Israeli sabotage or drone attacks.
Since at least 2010, Israel has allegedly conducted dozens of attacks inside Iran, targeting sensitive nuclear and military installations and carrying out assassinations of individuals deemed a threat.
These attacks became more frequent after July 2020, when a massive explosion occurred at the Natanz uranium enrichment site in central Iran, destroying one of the buildings. In November of that year, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a key figure in Iran’s nuclear program, was assassinated in a roadside attack near Tehran. Western and Israeli intelligence had long suspected Fakhrizadeh of being the architect of Iran’s covert nuclear weapons program.
Since Fakhrizadeh’s assassination, which reportedly involved a high-tech, remote-operated machine gun, numerous small and large-scale attacks have continued to target various sites. While Israel has never acknowledged its involvement, it is widely believed that many incidents at military and industrial sites were the result of Israeli sabotage or drone attacks.
Iran has on many occasions claimed that it has unmasked and demolished Israeli infiltrators, most recently in July. But few observers believe these claims, as Iran has never produced concrete evidence of success against Israeli covert operations.
