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Iranian government offers conflicting interpretations of how scientist was shot down
A satellite-controlled machine gun with “artificial intelligence” was used to kill a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, said a Revolutionary Guard commander.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was shot and killed when a convoy carrying him outside Tehran was attacked on November 27.
On Sunday, General Ali Fadavi told Iranian media that the weapon, mounted on a van, could fire multiple shots at Fakhrizadeh without hitting his wife beside him.
Iran has blamed Israel and an opposition group in exile for the attack.
How was Fakhrizadeh assassinated?
Iranian authorities have offered conflicting interpretations of how the scientist was killed while traveling in a car through the city of Absard.
On the day of the attack, the Defense Ministry said there was a shootout between Fakhrizadeh’s bodyguard and several armed men.
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An Iranian report quoted witnesses as saying that “three to four people, believed to be terrorists, have been killed.” A Nissan pickup is also said to have exploded at the scene.
In his speech at the funeral, Fakhrizadeh, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said that it was essentially a remote attack, using “special methods” and “electronic devices.” . But he did not provide further details.
General Fadavi, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, said at a ceremony in Tehran on Sunday that he targeted a machine gun mounted on a Nissan pickup “equipped with an intelligent satellite system.” Martyrs Fakhrizadeh “and” using artificial intelligence “.
He said: “The machine gun only placed the face of the martyr Fakhrizadeh because his wife, although only 25 cm away, was not shot.”
The general reiterated that no one was present at the scene to carry out the attack, and said that “a total of 13 bullets were fired and all of them from [vũ khí] in the Nissan ”. He added that four bullets were fired at the head of the security team, who used his body as a target for scientist Fakhrizadeh.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed revenge for the murder and demanded “adequate punishment” for those behind him.
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General Fadavi said that 13 bullets were fired at the vehicle carrying Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
On Friday, Israeli radio reported that Israeli security officials had warned some former nuclear scientists to be cautious. The experts worked on a reactor at Dimona, a top-secret nuclear site deep in the Negev desert.
The Israeli government did not comment on the news that came a day after Israel’s Foreign Ministry asked Israeli citizens traveling in the Middle East and Africa to be wary of what they called the threat. for “Iranian elements”.
