He had IRGC’s trust while having his differences with hardliners and had huge sway with likes of China and Russia

Top Iranian leader targeted on Monday night by Israeli strike, as Basij paramilitary leader also suspected dead

Israel's Defence Minister announces the killing of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani in an overnight military strike.

Iran has not yet confirmed the report.

If confirmed, death would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to be killed since Ali Khamenei on first day of war

Segretario del Consiglio Supremo per la Sicurezza, coordinava intelligence, politica estera e programma nucleare in Iran

He had IRGC’s trust while having his differences with hardliners and had huge sway with likes of China and Russia

Larijani has long been seen as one of the Islamic Republic's most experienced and influential policy makers.

Israel claims it has killed the influential Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani in overnight strikes. If confirmed, Larijani’s death would represent a devastating blow to…

Israel kills Ali Larijani and other senior Iranian officials in bombing raids, potentially making the regime more brittle but also harder to negotiate with.

The politician died due to the US and Israeli strikes on Iran

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A 2006 Guardian interview with Iran’s slain security chief now reads as a grim warning of the conflict that killed him

Larijani’s son Mortaza and head of his security service Sardar Nejad was killed during the same Israeli air force attack