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Iran confirms security chief Ali Larijani killed, Iranian media reports
Ali Larijani, a key figure in Iran's security and nuclear policy, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, escalating regional tensions and prompting retaliatory missile attacks.
- On Tuesday, Iranian authorities confirmed Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was killed in an Israeli strike and he was 67.
- Following strikes late last month, Ali Larijani, former parliament speaker and head of the Supreme National Security Council, was widely believed to be running the country.
- Born into a prominent political family, Larijani authored at least six philosophy books, including three on Kant, and served as culture minister. The Supreme National Security Council said his son Morteza Larijani was also killed.
- Confirmation came hours after Israel's claim, with Israel Katz saying he was 'in the depths of hell', and the conflict produced at least one White House resignation.
- Larijani was ineligible to become supreme leader because he was not a Shiite cleric; he faced U.S. sanctions for repressing January protests and traveled to Oman advising Ayatollah Ali Khamenei two weeks before the war.
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Iran confirms Ali Larijani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, killed in US-Israeli attacks : Peoples Dispatch
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi underlined that any peace proposal will require the end of the war on all fronts in the region, including the end of Israeli aggressions in Lebanon.
The attack on Larijani took place in the context of ongoing attacks by the United States and the Israeli regime since 28 February.
The Iranian regime confirms the death of one of its leading leaders, the head of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
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