Principlist members of Iran’s regime may seize on the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist to weaken moderate rivals in the latest round of political infighting. Likely Israeli operatives *assassinated top nuclear scientist and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Brig. Gen. Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh just east of Tehran on November 27. Senior principlist officials have signaled that arrests related to the assassination are forthcoming. Principlist officials, notably Judiciary Chief and supreme leader–hopeful Ebrahim Raisi, have previously seized opportunities to weaken political allies by redirecting public discontent and even imprisoning rivals.
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