Iran on Monday held a funeral service for the scientist who founded the country’s military nuclear program, and repeated previous claims that the assassination had been carried out by Israel. The secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, used the event to claim that Israel had used “electronic devices” to remotely kill military physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Meanwhile, the defense minister said Iran would continue Fakhrizadeh’s work “with more speed and more power.” Hatami referred to the killing as a “heinous assassination.” The funeral began with a religious singer praising Fakhrizadeh, whose coffin was covered with the Iranian flag. An honor guard carried the coffin containing his body. State television showed high-ranking Iranian officials, including Defense Minister Amir Hatami and Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami, who were present for the funeral. The socially-distanced funeral was held in an outdoor part of the Iranian Defense Ministry in Tehran and was closed to the public.
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