'Assassinated by satellite': nuclear scientist 'killed with remote-controlled gun'

Iran says the country's top nuclear scientist was killed using a remote control machine gun - operated by a satellite.

The gun, and the car which it was apparently mounted on, are said to have exploded before security services arrived on the scene.

The new details emerged as Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's was funeral was held in Tehran.

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