Pictures on social media show a road strewn with wreckage and blood, and a bullet-riddled vehicle. First the defence ministry reported a gunfight between Fakhrizadeh's bodyguards and several gunmen. One Iranian report quoted witnesses as saying "three to four individuals, who are said to have been terrorists, were killed". Then Iranian media said the scientist had in fact been killed by a "remote-controlled machine gun" or weapons "controlled by satellite". And on Monday, Rear Admiral Shamkhani, who heads the Supreme National Security Council, confirmed it had been a remote attack, using "special methods".
