Iranian media confirmed that the influential head of the Iranian security forces, Ali Larijani, has been killed, Al Jazeera reported.
Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the paramilitary "Basij" forces, was killed today in US-Israeli attacks, Iranian state media reported, quoted by Reuters, reported BTA.
Earlier today, Israel announced that it had eliminated Soleimani, who had the rank of brigadier general, in an air strike in Tehran.
The head of the Iranian security forces, Ali Larijani, was also eliminated today.
After the elimination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Larijani was "the de facto leader of the Iranian regime, especially in recent "He was in power for two weeks, but even before that he was considered the figure who made the decisions and pulled the strings," an Israeli military official said today, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was Larijani who "ordered the attacks in the region." with strikes against Israel and the Gulf states, the same official said.
As head of the Supreme National Security Council, 68-year-old Ali Larijani has once again assumed a key role in Iran's nuclear policy and diplomacy, after several years on the fringes of Iranian politics.
Accustomed to combining ideological loyalty and pragmatism, he enjoyed the trust of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which was a reward for his long service in the army and work in the media and parliament.
After the ayatollah was assassinated in an Israeli strike on February 28, which heralded the beginning of the war in the Middle East, Larijani has intensified his belligerent rhetoric towards the United States and Israel. For example, Larijani warned that his country would fight and was "ready to pay any price" to defend itself, accusing US President Donald Trump of dragging the "American people into an unjust war" in the Middle East.