Commander of Iranian Cyber Warfare Unit Reportedly Shot Dead

Iran's Revolutionary Guard is denying that the killing was an assassination

A commander of an Iranian cyber warfare unit has reportedly been shot dead by two men on a motorcycle outside the country's capital, with Iran's Revolutionary Guard calling the death a "horrific incident."

Mojtaba Ahmadi was last seen leaving his home for work on Saturday, The Telegraph reports.

Ahmadi was later found dead outside of Tehran with two bullets in his heart, according to the Iranian news site Alborz.

"I could see two bullet wounds on his body and the extent of his injuries indicated that he had been assassinated from a close range with a pistol," a witness told the website.