Iran's State News Agency Claims Top Nuclear Scientist Was Assassinated By A Remote-Controlled Machine Gun

Daily Mail: 'Israeli' assassination squad 'used a remote-control machine gun' to kill Iran's nuclear chief: New details emerge as Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's funeral begins and Tehran hardliners urge revenge strike on Haifa

* Iran held funeral for slain nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran Monday, after he was killed in attack

* More details about attack have emerged, including claim that it was carried out using remote-control guns

* Sources said three-minute attack used remote-control gun in the back of a truck, which then self-destructed

* Hard-liners within Iran called for a strike on Israeli city of Haifa in revenge for attack they blame on Tel Aviv

Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed using a remote controlled machine gun left inside a car which then blew up, sources within the country have claimed.

Fakhrizadeh was shot at least three times by the gun, positioned in a Nissan pickup that was parked alongside the road he was travelling on, before it blew up, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.

The details emerged as Iran held a funeral for the slain scientist, known as the father of the country's nuclear programme, in Tehran on Monday - where leaders continued to vow revenge for his killing.

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