Iran begins burial of slain nuclear scientist

The funeral of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran's top nuclear scientists who was killed in an attack last week, began in Tehran on Monday, according to local media.

Several high-ranking Iranian officials, including Defense Minister Amir Hatami and Revolutionary Guards Chief Hossein Salami, were in presence at the funeral of Fakhrizadeh, whose coffin was covered in the Iranian flag.

The scientist died on Friday after being seriously wounded when attackers targeted his car and engaged in a gunfight with his bodyguards outside Tehran, according to Iran's Defense Ministry.

Local media said on Monday that the weapon used in the killing of Fakhrizadeh last week was made in Israel.

"The weapon collected from the site of the terrorist act bears the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry," state broadcaster Press TV quoted an unnamed source as saying.