US EditionIran confirms security chief Ali Larijani killed, Iranian media reports
Ali Larijani, Iran's senior security chief, was killed along with his son and aide in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran, intensifying regional conflict and retaliation.
- 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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Death of Iranian official limits leadership to ‘hardliners’
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Ali Larijani: Iran’s Influential Security Chief Killed In Airstrike
Ali Larijani, a prominent Iranian political figure and former national security chief, was killed at age 67 in an Israeli airstrike while visiting his daughter in the eastern outskirts of a Tehran suburb. His death, confirmed by Iranian authorities, follows the recent killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and comes amid ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. Larijani was widely regarded as a key architect of I…
Israel killed Iran's security chief. He was considered a central power factor after Khamenei's death. The real successor remains in the background.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council confirmed earlier Israeli claims on Tuesday evening that Ali Larijani, the head of the council and the right-hand man of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed. He added that his son and bodyguards also died with him. Iran has vowed to take decisive revenge for the death and is continuing its attacks on Israel and the Gulf states. Israel carried out a new series of attacks on neig…
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