Commentary The New York Times has published a story alleging that the top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed by a one ton Israeli killer robot that was smuggled into Iran, piece by piece. The story has been picked up by newspapers around the world—even papers in Israel—and treated as if it were true. The Times’ story is based on an article that appeared last February in the London-based Jewish Chronicle publishing a “world exclusive” headlined, “Truth Behind Killing of Iran nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Revealed.” That story was based on a single anonymous source. The Times story likewise is based on anonymous sources, two of them dressed up to be unnamed sources from Israel’s intelligence community. Nothing has changed since last February and the Times adds no further proof of any kind, other than to claim it did interviews in Iran and Israel. It is important to keep in mind that the “killer robot” story originated …