{"id":81536,"date":"2026-03-17T14:05:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=81536"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:05:53","slug":"israel-claims-ali-larijani-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/israel-claims-ali-larijani-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel claims Ali Larijani killed in airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s Defence Minister Israel Katz announced that Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Iran. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also confirmed that Larijani had been targeted, escalating tensions in the region.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Israel: \u201cLarijani was killed\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Katz stated that Larijani was killed during an overnight Israeli airstrike in Iran. The IDF confirmed that Larijani was among the targets of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF also reported that in a separate strike, Basij paramilitary commander Gholam Reza Soleimani was killed.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Katz\u2019s statement draws attention<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In a statement released by Katz\u2019s office, the following was said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarijani and the Basij commander were neutralised overnight and joined other members of the \u2018axis of evil\u2019 who were destroyed in the depths of hell alongside Khamenei, the head of the annihilation program\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Night strike claim<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An unnamed Israeli official, speaking to local media, claimed that the Israeli military carried out a strike targeting Larijani during the night.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir also stated that the military had targeted \u201cimportant figures\u201d in Iran.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>No official response from Iran<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There has been no official statement from Iran regarding the attack so far.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Ali Larijani?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"\u201cA 9\/11-like attack is being planned\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/iran-makes-explosive-claim-a-9-11-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Larijani<\/a>, Secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, is considered a prominent figure in Iranian politics. He previously held senior positions, including parliament speaker and minister, and is said to be \u201cone of the few individuals trusted by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the survival of the regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in Iraq in 1958, Larijani is not a cleric but comes from a family with strong religious and political ties. His family was described by Time magazine as \u201cIran\u2019s Kennedys,\u201d referencing the family of former US President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Larijani joined the Revolutionary Guards in 1981 and served as a commander during the early years of the Iran-Iraq war. He later pursued academic studies, earning degrees in computer science and mathematics. He completed his master\u2019s and PhD in Western philosophy at the University of Tehran, with his academic work focusing on the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israeli defence minister says Iran\u2019s security chief Ali Larijani killed in strike\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SbkPd6VIf1Q\" width=\"951\" height=\"535\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s Defence Minister Israel Katz announced that Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Iran. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also confirmed that Larijani had been targeted, escalating tensions in the region. Israel: \u201cLarijani was killed\u201d Katz stated that Larijani was killed during an overnight Israeli &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192199,"featured_media":81537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,25,14],"tags":[1143,9478,1134,267,80542,80541,77159,77170,77150],"class_list":["post-81536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east","category-america","category-world","tag-ali-larijani","tag-idf","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-katz","tag-larijani","tag-middle-east","tag-politics","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81536"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81539,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81536\/revisions\/81539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}