Israel claims killing Iran security chief Ali Larijani
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Israel said on Wednesday its forces had killed another top Iranian official, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, and said its military was authorised to kill any senior figure of the Islamic republic in its sights. The announcement, the day after Iranian security chief Ali Larijani was confirmed killed in an Israeli strike, is part of a longstanding strategy by Israel to target its enemy's leaders. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
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GDELTMarch 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTCIsrael says Iran’s intelligence minister killed in Tehran strike
Iran’s Intelligence Minister, Esmaeil Khatib, was killed in an overnight airstrike in the Iranian capital, Tehran, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Wednesday, one day after eliminating the country’s top security chief, Ali Larijani, and the commander of the Basij paramilitary force, Gholamreza Soleimani, in separate attacks in Iran.
GDELTMarch 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTCIran vows revenge as Israel ups pressure on leadership
Iran on March 18 vowed revenge over the Israeli killing of its security chief Ali Larijani, with Tehran insisting his assassination will not deal a fatal blow to the leadership amid Israel’s pressure.
GDELTMarch 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTCIran vows revenge for security chief Larijani’s killing as Israel hunts supreme leader
Iranian army chief Amir Hatami threatened on Wednesday to launch a “decisive and regrettable” retaliation for the killing of security chief Ali Larijani in an Israeli air strike. “Iran’s response to the assassination of the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council will be decisive and regrettable,” Hatami said in a statement. The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s powerful military force that is separate from the army, said in a statement that it had launched missiles at central Israel “in...
SCMP WorldMarch 18, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTCAnother One Bites the Dust: Israel Eliminates Iranian Regime Security Chief and De Facto Leader Ali Larijani
Israeli forces killed the Iranian regime’s security chief and de facto leader, Ali Larijani, in a Tuesday morning airstrike that has the potential to foment greater chaos within the Islamic Republic’s remaining leadership.
GDELTMarch 17, 2026 at 06:02 PM UTCIsrael claims it killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that Iranian security chief Ali Larijani was killed in a strike.
CGTN WorldMarch 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTCIsrael says Iran’s security chief Larijani has been killed
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, has been killed in an Israeli strike.
Al JazeeraMarch 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM UTC