US President-elect Joseph Biden has committed to rejoining the agreement, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), forged by his former boss, Barack Obama, along with European nations.
Mr Fitzpatrick suggested the killing, if organised by foreign forces, could have been designed to sabotage any attempt to return to the deal by stoking Iranian anger. “Thee purpose is obviously is to less than to impede a nuclear weapons programme but to impede the restoration of the JCPOA in the waning days of the Trump administration. It’s an effort to provoke Iran and make it harder to return to the deal.”