On the evening of May 31 in the central Iranian city of Yazd, an Iranian aerospace engineer was returning home from dinner with a colleague when he suddenly felt ill and collapsed into unconsciousness. Ayub Entezari was rushed to hospital, where he died after several unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate him, according to an Iranian opposition media outlet.
The cause of Entezari's death: intentional poisoning, said Saudi-financed Iran International News, which operates a news site and broadcasts satellite television newscasts from its headquarters in London.
The website posted a picture of a letter that local authorities sent to Entezari's family, calling the 35-year-old engineer a “martyr.” Iranian officials use the term only for those who die defending the Islamic Republic. The website said Entezari, who held a doctorate in aerospace engineering from Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, worked on Iran's drone and missile development at a research facility in Yazd.
Quoting unnamed sources, the website said Iranian security officials tried to locate the colleague, but the man had fled the country, the website said.
Such unconfirmed reports sound like something out of Tehran, the Israeli spy drama now streaming its second season on Apple TV. Yet it's plausible that Israel's Mossad was behind Entezari's death. In recent weeks, the spy agency has resumed its campaign of targeted killings of Iranians –…
