Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday that Iranian security chief Ali Larijani was killed in an overnight airstrike on Tehran.
Ali Larijani Confirmed Dead by Israel
“Larijani and the Basij commander were eliminated overnight and joined … in the depths of hell,” Israel Katz said during a morning assessment Tuesday, according to several Israeli media reports.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at the outset of the conflict in late February in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, triggering a widening regional war and a leadership crisis within the country.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah, has since taken over as Iran’s supreme leader, though he has not appeared publicly. U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on his health Monday, stating: “We don’t know … if he’s dead or not. I will say that nobody has seen him, which is unusual.”
The conflict has expanded across the region, with Israeli airstrikes hitting Beirut and Tehran, and missile and drone exchanges spreading across the Gulf. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have reported interceptions of Iranian projectiles.
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