Iran should have nuclear weapons if their citizens can be assassinated by foreign powers that proceed to brag about it openly. Imagine if the reverse happened - an Israeli scientist killed by Iranian special forces. The United States would be revving up for Iraq 2.0 in a matter of hours.
This is so stupid on so many levels. I hope this is just hypocrisy and lies to cover his ass, because if he actually believes that then he's the dumbest son of a bitch on the planet.
The fact that in many countries the trend is towards downward mobility being more common it's no wonder that people don't believe things that were never true to begin with.