319:, Israel was outraged by the leak, and Israeli officials told Ynet that they were asking their American counterparts for a response since the New York Times report had blamed only Israel for the killings without mentioning the U.S. involvement. Israel claimed Khodaei was the deputy head of an alleged secret unit known as 840 in the Quds Force that carried out kidnappings and assassinations of figures outside Iran, mostly against Israelis. Israel referred to the confessions of an Iranian farmer named Mansour Rasouli who, according to Israel, confessed to plotting attacks against American and Israeli figures. Rasouli rejected any involvement in the operation. Later he said that he was kidnapped by Mossad and threatened to be killed along with his family and that he was forced to confess under torture.
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in Syria and Iraq as part of the Quds Force, responsible for extraterritorial operations. Iranian scientists and academics have been killed or attacked by explosions, bombs, or motorcycle-riding shooters since 2010. Israel has a history of assassinating nuclear scientists inside Iran in the same
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reported that Israel had informed US officials about its role in assassination of a senior member of IRGC. Israel reportedly claimed the assassination was an attempt to warn Iran about the continuation of the operation of an alleged secret unit where
Khodaei was a member. According to
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On June 3, Ali
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On 22 May 2022, Colonel
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style. On 27 November 2020, the
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