Iran claims Israel remotely killed military nuclear scientist

People pray over the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (Iranian Defence Ministry via AP)

A top Iranian security official has accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear programme two decades ago.

Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, made the comment at the funeral for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, where Iran’s defence minister separately vowed to continue the man’s work “with more speed and more power”.