[4] Also, during the threats of an Israeli attack, the Iranian government emphasizes that it will give a "heavy response"[5] to the "scenario of an Israeli attack" on Iran, and Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Iranian government and commander-in-chief, has also said that "anyone whoever in the thinks of invading the Islamic Republic of Iran, should prepare himself to receive strong slaps and steel fists from the army, IRGC and Basij.
They believe that the Iranian government is reaching an irreversible point in the cycle of uranium enrichment and making missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
According to the author of this research, Khosrow Semnani, an expert in the industrial management of nuclear waste, the talk of this possible war has always been raised in the political and economic environment, but nothing has been said about the people of Iran who pay the main cost of these events.
According to the Jerusalem Post, the commander of the Israeli army said the day before this assassination, 2012 will be a critical year for Iran and abnormal events will happen to this country.
[27] Spiegel magazine, citing an Israeli intelligence official, announced the assassination of Dariush Rezaeinejad as the first serious action of the new head of the Mossad, Tamir Pardo.
[29][30] Following the broadcast of Majid Jamali Fashi's confession on Iranian TV, Time magazine wrote: "Iran's Ministry of Intelligence has destroyed a team equipped and trained by the Mossad.
Western intelligence officials have confirmed that the details of Majid Jamali Fashi's confession about the January 2010 motorcycle assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi were correct.
"[31] Ronen Bergman writes in the book "Rise and Kill First" that after Ariel Sharon appointed Meir Dagan as the head of Mossad, made him responsible for disrupting Iran's nuclear program.
Most of the elimination operations were carried out in the morning when they were on their way to work by means of quick-explosive bombs that were attached to their cars by a motorcycle rider.
[33][34][35][36] Israeli prime minister Netanyahu said in a video message after the assassination of Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics official Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: "During the last week, I did some things that I don't want to tell you about.
"[40] In reaction[43] to the assassination of scientists related to Iran's nuclear program, the government of that country is suspected of planning and executing a series of retaliatory attacks that took place on February 13, 2012, in Hindustan, Thailand, and Georgia against Israel's diplomatic affiliates.
[49] On June 20, 2012, the Washington Post newspaper wrote in an investigative article that the Flame malware, which had a very complex structure[50] with the purpose of "spying on computer networks and obtaining information necessary to disrupt the progress of Iran's nuclear program" has been produced and used against Iran by the US Central Intelligence Agency, the US National Security Agency and the Israel Defense Forces.
[53][54] On October 30, 2013, Iran's Minister of Intelligence, Mahmoud Alavi, said: "Actually, these people were thieves, not nuclear saboteurs, and they were from the village around the power plant, and they had a history of doing these things.