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Right after Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s burial, Press TV the government-owned English language reported that a weapon recovered from the attack site bore the “Israeli military industrial logo and specifications.” However, the media did not provide any pictorial evidence or anything to corroborate the claim. (Read: After nuclear scientists, now Iranian IRGC commander assassinated by drones)
Also, a report on a news site. Al Alam in Arabic, operated by a proprietary media company Broadcasting from the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIB), said there was evidence of Israeli involvement in the assassination. The report, which is linked to an anonymous source, also provides evidence of the claim.
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, separately told state television that Iran’s enemies had launched a series of failed operations against Fakhrizadeh in the past.
“This time, the enemy is implementing a completely new, professional and sophisticated method,” he said. Times of Israel, Tuesday (1/12/2020).
Syamkhani blames the Iranian opposition group that is in exile; Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK), according to which he had a role in the murders. The MEK did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Read: Nuclear Scientist Killed, Iran Urged To Attack Israel’s Haifa)
Fakhrizadeh’s public assassination drew widespread criticism from Iran, which explicitly accuses Israel of being responsible for the attack and threatens to retaliate for it.
The reports blaming Israeli weapons came a day after the news agency Fars reported that Friday’s attack was carried out remotely using a car-mounted remote control machine gun with no human agents on the scene. The report differs significantly from the previously reported description of the attack, in which Fakhrizadeh was attacked by a firing squad.
According to Fars, the attack took place over three minutes when Fakhrizadeh, a brigadier general with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a key figure in the country’s military research and development program that Israel and the United States have considered for a long time as program manager. nuclear weapons – traveling with his wife to the resort town of Absard, east of Tehran. (Also read: Former CIA Chief: The murder of a criminal Iranian nuclear scientist could trigger a regional conflict)
Still, according to the report, the operation began when the leading car of the Fakhrizadeh security group stepped forward to verify the destination. At that moment, several bullets were fired at Fakhrizadeh’s armored vehicle, forcing him to get out of the vehicle because he seemed unaware that he was being attacked and thought the noise was due to an accident or a problem with the vehicle.
The media did not determine whether the shot was fired from a remote-controlled machine gun or from a different source.
As soon as Fakhrizadeh got out of the vehicle, the remote-controlled machine gun fired from about 150 meters (500 feet) away and hit him three times, twice in the side and once in the back, severing his spinal cord. Fakhrizadeh’s bodyguard was also hit by gunfire. The attacking car, a Nissan, exploded.
Fakhrizadeh was taken to the nearest hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Photos and videos shared online online it showed a sedan with bullet holes in the windshield and rear windows, blood pooled on the asphalt, and debris strewn along a stretch of road.
Initial reports from Iran previously indicated that the explosion occurred first, forcing Fakhrizadeh’s car to stop, where armed officers opened fire on him and his security guards, killing them, before fleeing the scene.
According to reports FarsIranian authorities located the owner of Nissan, who left the country on October 29. The owner’s name is not included in the report.
Some defense analysts questioned Fars’s report on the remote-controlled shooting, noting that photos from the scene showed what appeared to be shots being directed at Fakhrizadeh’s car, which more closely matched the initial descriptions of the armed operators and trained that carried out the raid.
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