IRGC officials now say the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was done remotely with help of artificial intelligence. There were no attackers on the scene and a machine gun controlled via satellite recognized his face and targeted him. He was with a security team of 11 people.

2. The machine gun shot 13 bullets and only targeted Fakhrizadeh and one security guard who tried to shield him, but not his wife who was a foot away.

This contradicts original reports that said a dozen assassins ambushed his convoy with motorbikes and cars.

Fakhrizadeh was an important figure in Iran’s nuclear and defense structure and supposed to be well guarded. Security apparatus knew he was a potential target for years, especially after Netanyahu named him in 2018.

This killing was a major security failure and very humiliating.

There are contradicting accounts of how this assassination happened. We still don’t know which story is accurate especially since the attack happened in a fairly remote area outside Tehran.

But what’s clear is that the security apparatus failed to protect an important asset.