Iran’s Revolutionary Guards told local media on Sunday that they believe tops nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed using a satellite-controlled machine gun with “artificial intelligence”.
According to Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was driving on a highway outside Iran's capital Tehran with a security detail of 11 Guards on November 27, when the machine gun “zoomed in” on his face and fired 13 rounds.
Fadavi said the gun was so accurate, that Fakhrizadeh’s wife, who was seated next to him in the car wasn’t injured.
The machine gun was mounted on a Nissan pickup and was being "controlled online" via a satellite and used an "advanced camera,” the rear-admiral added. Iran has blamed Israel for killing their top nuclear scientist. The state-run Press TV reported that “made in Israel” weapons were found at the scene.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani vowed revenge for Fakhrizadeh’s killing, while Ali Shamkhani, head of Iran's National Security Council, blamed the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran that has Israel as an ally for the murder. Rouhani, on November 28 had said that Fakhrizadeh’s killing will not stop Iran’s nuclear program.
Several theories surrounding the scientist's death has emerged, including Iran’s defence ministry saying that the scientist was caught in a firefight with his bodyguards.
