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In the original article [0] (in Dutch), it says:

> Twee weken na zijn raadselachtige vertrek uit Iran overlijdt Van Sabben bij een ongeluk in Sharjah, nabij Dubai. Hij raakt op 16 januari 2009 met zijn motor van de weg, slaat over de kop en breekt zijn nek.

Two _weeks_ later, not two years later. That is incredibly efficient of the Iranian secret service. This is most likely even before Stuxnet was starting to do damage. Almost as if it really were an accident. Or as if there was another secret service involved. One that already knew what was going on. No loose ends.

[0] https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2024/sabotage-in-iran...




In the Greek wiretapping case, which has been linked to the US Embassy, there was a suspicious suicide:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_wiretapping_case_2004%E2...


Why would Iran go out of his way to kill a foreign agent in revenge?

His work was done. It is far more likely that he was killed by his own side as a security measure


Yeah, that is what I'm implying here. I doubt Iran would already have known about Stuxnet by the time he was dead.


I can think of only one country that would do something like this.


I can think of three: Saudi Arabia, Israel or the USA. Which one are you thinking of?


In the would of assassinations like these I'd say there are only two countries on that list. Israel/US as one entity and then Saudi Arabia.




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