Top Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed by a satellite-controlled gun.

This sensational claim was made by deputy commander of the Iranโ€™s Revolutionary Guards, Commodore Ali Fadavi.

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โ€œA satellite-controlled machine gun with artificial intelligence was used to kill top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh,โ€ claimed Revolutionary Guards.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in a gun and car bomb attack on the outskirts of Tehran on November 27.

โ€œFakhrizadeh was killed while driving on a highway east of the capital when the weapon โ€˜zoomed inโ€™ on him using artificial intelligence,โ€ said Commodore Ali Fadavi to local media.

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Fadavi further said that a total of 13 shots were fired at Fakhrizadeh with pin-point accuracy. Such was the accuracy that his wife, sitting beside him, escaped injury, he said.

He added, โ€œFadavi also said that Fakhrizadehโ€™s head of security took four bullets as he threw himself on the scientist and that there were no terrorists at the scene.โ€

The vehicle of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which came under fire.

Tehran, meanwhile, has blamed Israel for Fakhrizadehโ€™s killing.

However, Israel is yet to comment on the allegations levelled by Iran.

The incident is the second targeted killing of a high-ranking Iranian official since January.

Earlier, this year outgoing US President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike on General Qassem Soleimani.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was a professor of physics at Imam Hussein University of Tehran.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was a professor of physics at Imam Hussein University of Tehran and head of the Iranian Defence Ministryโ€™s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research.

He was also dubbed as the โ€˜father of the Iranian bombโ€™.

Meanwhile, Iranโ€™s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for โ€˜punishingโ€™ the perpetrators of the attack.