Top Iranian security official Ali Larijani has been confirmed dead, marking the most significant blow to Iran's power structure since the recent passing of supreme leader Ali Kahmeni late last month.
In a statement disseminated by Iranian state-affiliated Mehr news, the country's Supreme National Security Council verified Larijani's death in an Israeli airstrike.
Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Iran's internal Basij militia, has also been killed, as confirmed by Iran in the same public announcement.
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Iran's supreme national security council confirmed the death of Ali Larijani in a statement, declaring: "The pure souls of the martyrs embraced the purified soul of God's righteous servant, Martyr Dr Ali Larijani.
"After a lifetime of struggle for the advancement of Iran and of the Islamic Revolution, he ultimately attained his long-held aspiration, answered the divine call, and honourably achieved the sweet grace of martyrdom in the trench of service."
His son and his bodyguards perished alongside him, the statement further added.
More to follow.
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