March 18, 2026 9:31 AM
Ali Larijani, Iran’s ultimate backroom powerbroker, killed in Israeli airstrike
Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani was one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic, an architect of its security policy, and a close adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until the supreme leader's death in an airstrike last month. Larijani, 67, was killed by a U.S.-Israeli air attack as he was visiting his daughter in the eastern outskirts of a Tehran suburb, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency said on Tuesday. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said earlier on ...