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>Van Sabben immediately left Iran after successfully sabotaging the country’s nuclear program, the researchers concluded. He died two weeks later in a motorcycle accident near his home in Dubai. Nothing points to foul play, the Volkskrant said after speaking with people at the crash scene.

Definitely killed by either Dutch/Americans/Saudis or Iranians.

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Dutch news seems to give different information.

The operation happened in 2007. 1.5 to 2 years later, Van Sabben returned to Iran. Then he suddenly left and two weeks later died on 16/01/2009.

https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/aivd-speelde-cr...

https://nos.nl/artikel/2504114-nederlander-saboteerde-atoomc...

The Dutch tech site tweakers.net is discussing it here https://tweakers.net/nieuws/217216/volkskrant-identiteit-van...

I think he was a simple AVID informant who may have thought he had planted a audio/video recording device on behest of AVID and not the virus.

A local news outlet states that he was an 'avid motorcycle rider' meaning he was an expert at riding motorcycles. Such a rider has low chances of getting into an accident than average.

Or the accident was a mere coincidence.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/engineer-who-helped-buil...

An avid motorcyclist is just somebody that motorcycles a lot, while their per mile chance of having an accedent might be lower, their overall chances are much higher.

An activity that accidentally kills a relatively huge % of people:

https://www.medpagetoday.com/transplantation/transplantation...

> After Major Motorcycle Rallies, More Organs Available for Donation

> — Study estimated 21% more organ donors, 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies

Or maybe he's alive and well under a new identity.

If the americans killed him it would be a great way to make sure less people are willing to help them in the first place.

>It is unclear whether the Dutchman knew about his role in the sabotage operation, the Volkskrant wrote.

Seems unlikely Iran already figured it out within two weeks of the event.

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