IN BRIEF: What we know about death of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani

MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. Iran has confirmed the death of the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani.

TASS has collected the key facts currently known.

- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on March 17 that Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Larijani was killed during Israel’s night attack.

- Later the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Larijani was killed in an air force strike near Tehran.

- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Larijani was killed by an Israeli air force attack near Tehran.

IN BRIEF: What we know about death of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani

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