Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani are targeted in Israeli strikes in Iran late night. It is still not clear whether Larijani killed or injured in strike. Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, has announce the death of Larijani.
Israeli Strike Killed Iranian Official Ali Larijani
However, Iran has not yet commented on these reports. Larijani, a former nuclear negotiator and secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, is viewed as one of the most influential figures in Iran’s power structure.
If his death is confirmed, Larijani would be the highest-ranking Iranian official killed since the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who died on the first day of the war. Larijani was a close ally of Khamenei.
Iran Media Issues Larijani’s Statement
In the meantime, Iran’s state media, Press TV, issued a statement attributed to Larijani on Tuesday, in which Iran’s security chief criticized U.S. President Donald Trump.
“47 years ago, on the eve of the people’s victory in the Islamic Revolution of Iran, the prime minister of the Pahlavi regime claimed that the sound of the massive crowds chanting in the streets was not real but rather the sound of a tape recording. Now, Trump says about the millions-strong anti-American and anti-Israeli gatherings in Iranian cities that these images are artificial intelligence,” the statement said.
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