Israel’s Minister of Defence Israel Katz says Ali Larijani has been killed.
In a statement, Katz says he was just informed of the top Iranian security official’s death following Israeli strikes overnight.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday that the IDF has successfully eliminated Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a key figure in the country’s wartime leadership.
The announcement follows an intensive overnight operation in Tehran. While initial reports from the IDF Chief of Staff described successful strikes against high-value targets, Minister Katz later provided direct confirmation of Larijani’s death.
“The long arm of Israel has reached another architect of terror,” Katz stated during a briefing with the political echelon. “The elimination of Ali Larijani is a decisive blow to the Iranian regime’s command and control. We will continue to strike those who threaten our citizens, wherever they hide.”
Israel says it will ‘continue hunting down’ Iran’s leaders
We can now bring you more of Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s statement on overnight strikes which he claims killed Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani.
He says Israeli forces also killed the top security official and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani.
“The prime minister and I have instructed the IDF to continue hunting down the leadership of the regime of terror and oppression in Iran,” Katz says.
“US President Trump spoke about the high rate of turnover of Iran’s leadership… we will update him that the high rate of turnover continues and is even increasing following the assassination of two of the most senior remaining leaders.”
Katz continues by praising Israeli air force pilots and intelligence officials involved in the operation.
Iran has yet to confirm whether Larijani and Soleimani have been killed.