Israel has disclosed that it has assassinated two high profile Iranian leaders in the persons of Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and the commander of the internal Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani.
This was revealed by Israel’s Defence Minister Katz, however, Iranian authorities have not confirmed the development.
If confirmed, Larijani’s death would be the highest level assassination in the war since United States-Israeli strikes killed the former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and several members of his family on the first day of the war they launched on February 28.
Larijani was last spotted in public on Friday, when he and President Masoud Pezeshkian attended the al-Quds Day demonstration in Tehran in support of the Palestinians.
Larijani has been a political figure in the Iranian hierarchy for years, at one time leading the nation’s nuclear negotiations with the West. He was also previously the Iranian Speaker of the Parliament.
The Israeli military additionally claimed in a post on X Tuesday that it had killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the Basij unit, the internal security paramilitary militia of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
“Guided by precise intelligence from Military Intelligence, the Air Force conducted a targeted strike yesterday in the heart of Tehran, eliminating Gholam Reza Soleimani, commander of the Basij unit over the past six years,” it said.
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