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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

nuclear scientists

An Iranian carries a placard calling for the destruction of Israel during a rally in Tehran on June 20, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
June 20, 2025, 4:48 pm
Israeli drone strike said to target Iranian nuclear scientist in a Tehran safehouse
Defense Minister Katz calls to ‘destabilize’ Islamic regime as Israel continues waves of strikes against nuclear and military targets in Iran; Iran stages anti-Israel, US protests
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Photos of Ted and Joan Hall in 'A Compassionate Spy.' (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)
August 12, 2023, 2:43 am
The spy who loved her: How wife shielded US nuclear scientist after intel leak to USSR
New documentary ‘A Compassionate Spy’ reveals the crisis of conscience that led Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall to spy for the Soviets, and how his spouse Joan kept his secret
By Rich Tenorio
View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 26, 2023, 1:17 am
Several top nuclear scientists said to weigh resigning to protest judicial overhaul
Some of the country’s leading experts are discussing quitting the high level Atomic Energy Commission, TV report says
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man types on a computer keyboard as coding language is seen on the screen (gorodenkoff; iStock by Getty Images)
January 6, 2023, 11:03 pm
Russian hackers reportedly targeted US nuclear sites after Ukraine invasion
Team known as Cold River created fake login pages and emailed scientists in bid to get to their passwords; unclear if effort was successful
By ToI Staff
In this Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, Pakistan's nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan waves to supporters in Islamabad, Pakistan (BK Bangash/AP)
October 10, 2021, 10:51 am
AQ Khan, ‘father of Pakistan’s nuclear program’ who also helped Iran, dies at 85
Scientist also accused of giving nuclear know-how to Libya, North Korea; was placed under effective house arrest in 2004 after admitting he shared tech with the 3 rogue nations
By ToI Staff and AFP
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, 1912 (Public Domain via WikimediaCommons)
December 21, 2020, 4:30 am
75 years post-Hiroshima, Jewish ‘mother of the bomb’ inspires spy thriller novel
Physicist Lise Meitner discovered nuclear fission soon after fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938, but Nobel Prize was given to a man as she saw her breakthrough used in ways she opposed
By Renee Ghert-Zand
People pray at the grave of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his burial in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 30, 2020 (Hamed Malekpour/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
From the WebDecember 2, 2020, 6:08 pm
Competing accounts of scientist hit job expose row between Iranian agencies
NYT says Revolutionary Guards burying failure to protect nuke chief Fakhrizadeh under claim of remote-control gun attack, despite witnesses describing shootout with attackers
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police gather outside the Israeli embassy building in Athens on December 12, 2014. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)
November 30, 2020, 6:46 pm
Israeli missions told to beef up security amid fears of blowback after Iran hit
In rare letter, Foreign Ministry head tells diplomats to maintain ‘highest level of vigilance’ as officials worry Tehran may retaliate over assassination of nuclear scientist
By ToI Staff
Still from a video purporting to show the car Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was travelling in at the time of his assassination, November 27, 2020 (Screen grab/Twitter)
November 30, 2020, 11:53 am
Nuke chief killed with Israeli weapons controlled by satellite – Iranian report
State TV says weapon found at scene of Fakhrizadeh killing bore ‘logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry’; senior official confirms attack was carried out remotely
By ToI Staff
Four alleged suspects in the killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (Twitter)
November 30, 2020, 3:07 am
Iran said distributing pictures of 4 suspects in killing of nuclear chief
London-based Iranian journalist claims intelligence handing out photos of 4 men suspected of involvement in assassination, as state media says clues found to identity of attackers
By ToI Staff
This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, November 27, 2020. (Fars News Agency via AP)
November 29, 2020, 8:23 pm
Killing of nuke chief was done entirely by remote control — Iranian report
Semi-official Fars claims operation to kill Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was conducted in three minutes with no human operatives on the ground
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, right, speaks with the head of the 210th 'Bashan' Division overlooking the Syrian border on November 29, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 29, 2020, 6:02 pm
Amid threats from Tehran, IDF chief says army will keep fighting Iran in Syria
After killing of Iranian nuke scientist, Kohavi says military is ‘aware of possible developments,’ but operating as usual; praises troops for thwarting attack on Golan border
By Judah Ari Gross
The scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, in Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2020. (Fars News Agency via AP); Inset: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
November 29, 2020, 11:17 am
World should thank Israel for hit on Iran nuke chief, Israeli official tells NYT
Ex-CIA official: Israel striking in enemy territory in ‘unprecedented’ manner and Iranians seem unable to stop it; Israeli minister: Fakhrizadeh’s assassination good for the world
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Iranian flag flutters at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on November 10, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 28, 2020, 11:29 pm
Nuke chief’s death said to be ‘pinnacle’ of Israeli strategy to thwart Iran bomb
Western intel officials tell TV Fakhrizadeh killing was key to long-term bid to stop Iran nukes; Jerusalem braces for response; US media posits goal was to rule out Biden diplomacy
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Russian police guard outside the Israeli embassy in Moscow, on September 18, 2018. (AFP/Vasily Maximov)
November 28, 2020, 7:48 pm
Israeli missions, Jews around world said on alert after hit on Iran nuke chief
TV reports say embassies, communities heighten security as Iran promises to avenge assassination of nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, allegedly by Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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