Israel Claims Death of Iranian Security Chief; Body Found at Daughter's Home
Iran confirmed on Tuesday that its top security official, Ali Larijani secretary-general to the Supreme National Security Council was killed by a joint US-Israeli air strike targeting his daughter home. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed he died during an overnight operation in Tehran's Pardis area but provided no evidence for this assertion while Iranian state media described him as one of Iran most prudent officials before reporting on Tuesday that Larijani had been found dead at the location where a car bomb exploded killing several people including his daughter.
Key Points
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1Iranian state media confirmed that Ali Larijani died in a strike at his daughter's home on Tuesday.
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2Israel claims responsibility for killing Iran security chief Ali Larijani via an overnight joint US-Israeli air strike, though no evidence was provided to back up the claim according to some reports. Tehran has not officially confirmed this report and appeared to refute it initially before posting updates later that day.
Developments
Iranian state media reported that Ali Larijani was killed in a strike at home on Tuesday alongside several others during escalating hostilities between Iran and the US. Israel confirmed it carried out an operation to kill both General Soleimani and Mr. Larijani, aiming to undermine Iranian authority amid intensified regional conflict involving missile exchanges across Gulf nations near critical oil shipping routes like the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel claimed to have killed Iran's top security official Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gholam Reza Soleimani during an overnight joint US-Israeli strike. While the Israeli government stated these actions aimed at weakening Tehran, Iranian officials had not yet confirmed whether their leader was dead by daybreak when a post appeared on his social media account later that evening.