Thread: A report by the IRGC affiliated Fars News provides additional details. There does not appear to be any suicide bombers. According to the report, around 2:00 pm, #Fakhrizadeh's car along with two other security vehicles enter Absard. 1/5 #Iran https://www.farsnews.ir/tehran/news/13990907000651/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%81%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF https://twitter.com/rezahakbari/status/1332368717968191492

A kilometer into the city & near a location known as Sarhang Garden, the vehicles are forced to stop because they suddenly face rapid machine gun fire. Then a Nissan truck carrying lumber explodes. Pieces of wood & metal fly within a 500-meter-radius of the explosion. 2/5 #Iran

Due to the explosion, overhead power lines are damaged & the city of #Absard loses electricity. After the explosion, an unknown number of attackers begin shooting #Fakhrizadeh's vehicle again. 3/5 #Iran

A bodyguard shields #Fakhrizadeh with his body, but is unable to block all the bullets & dies in the process. After the attack, the terrorists flee the scene & search for them in #Iran's Damavand area is ongoing. 4/5

Fakhrizadeh is driven right away to #Absard's clinic & from there transported to a hospital with a helicopter in 30 minutes. 5/5 #Iran