Iranian officers' mysterious deaths probed amid rising tensions with Israel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : That report detailed how Iran has been training drone operators from the region.
51% : He specializes in security and defense in Iran and the Gulf region.
51% : The deaths came amid attempts by international officials to save the 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, between Iran and world powers.
49% :Tel Aviv has announced that it has embarked on a new policy described as "a turning point in the Israeli strategy vis-à-vis Iran," which it's dubbed the "Octopus Doctrine."
48% :"Iran won't distance itself from result-oriented talks," Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Twitter on Friday.
47% : ""Iran won't just keep its nuclear program; from today, they'll be getting paid for it," Bennett said in an official message in November, amid talks to resume the deal.
42% : Iran embarked on expanded drone operations against Israel beginning in February 2018 when the Islamic Republic launched a drone from Syria.
39% : Some officials in Iran and other experts said they believe that the deaths -- which are happening amid increasing international tensions over Iran's nuclear and missile programs -- could be linked.
36% : Colonel Ali Esmailzadeh, a commander of the notorious Quds Force, IRGC's external operations unit, died on May 30 after falling from the roof of his home in Karaj, west of Tehran, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
36% : General Hossein Salami, IRGC's commander-in-chief, appeared to say that the U.S. and Israel are responsible for Sayyed-Khodaei's killing, adding that Tehran would get revenge.
36% : He highlighted the White House's commitment to its allies, saying, "Iran will never be able to acquire a nuclear weapon."
35% : A commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Monday that the death of one of the "employees" at the Parchin military complex southeast of Tehran was due to "industrial sabotage."
35% : Esmailzadeh was a colleague of Colonel Hassan Sayyad-Khodaei, who was shot dead in his car outside his home in Tehran in broad daylight on May 22.
33% : Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi made it clear that Iran is determined to take revenge for the recent deaths.
31% : According to The Jerusalem Post, Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz has discussed drone threats from Iran many times over the last year.
31% : "The days of immunity, in which Iran attacks Israel and spreads terrorism via its regional proxies but remains unscathed -- are over."
26% :Tehran accused the IAEA of politicizing its nuclear case and referencing "fake documents" in the verification process of its nuclear program, including what Israel provides to the agency.

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