Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei justified the seizure of the two Greek oil tankers, declaring that his country’s seizure of the two tankers in the Gulf waters last month was a direct response to the United States and Greece’s “theft of Iranian crude oil.”
In a televised speech yesterday, on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of Khomeini’s death, Khamenei added: “Our oil was stolen off the Iranian coast, and then our brave ones stopped an enemy oil tanker. We took back what was stolen from us… You stole our oil.” Western diplomats considered that Khamenei’s speech amounted to a “legitimization” of piracy.
In addition, yesterday, Iranian social platforms reported the death of a scientist, an expert in the field of missile and aircraft engines, “as a result of poisoning.” According to Iranian reports, the scientist, Ayoub Taziri, who was working in a research and development center in Yazd and specialized in developing missiles and drones, was found.
According to Israeli press reports, Waiti holds a doctorate in aerospace engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, and works at the Pardis air-space center in central Iran.
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