Iran Confirms Security Chief Larijani Killed in Israeli Strike

Iran confirmed the death of Ali Larijani, the Islamic Republic’s national security chief and a key figure in its wartime leadership, after Israel announced earlier that it had killed him in an overnight airstrike.

The Supreme National Security Council, which Larijani helmed, acknowledged his death in a statement, without providing many details. The statement said he was killed alongside his son, Morteza, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

The Fars news agency initially reported he was targeted by “American and Zionist regime fighter jets” while he was at his daughter’s house in the Pardis district east of ...