Israeli Defense Ministry: The De Facto Head Of Iran Has Been Eliminated

• 17.03.2026, 12:49

Ali Larijani was killed in an airstrike.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Iran's Secretary of the Security Council and de facto head of the country Ali Larijani has been eliminated in an Israeli Air Force airstrike.

It was newsru.co.il.

"The chief of staff informed me that National Security Council Secretary Larijani and the head of the Basij were eliminated," the media outlet quoted Katz as saying.

Iranian media reported earlier that Larijani would deliver a message soon after reports that he was the target of an Israeli attack.

Ali Larijani was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and an adviser to assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on February 28, and played a key role in nuclear negotiations and foreign policy.