India, June 24 -- Iranian top nuclear scientist and senior IRGC officer Mohammad Reza Sedighi Saber died in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran city, media reports said.

There has been no official confirmation on his death so far.

AI Researcher Eli David wrote on X: "Breaking: Mohammad Reza Sadighi Saber, one of Iran's top nuclear scientists, was eliminated."

"He survived the first elimination attempt 11 days ago, and fled to Astaneye Ashrafiyeh in northern Iran. He was eliminated there tonight," David said.

As per US State Department website, Sayyed Mohammad Reza Seddighi Saber is the head of Iran's Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research's (also known by its Persian acronym, SPND) Shahid Karimi Group.

The group works on explos...