Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has claimed that Iran’s powerful national security chief Ali Larijani was “eliminated last night”, along with the commander of Tehran’s Basij paramilitary force.

“I have just been updated by the chief of staff that Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and the head of the Basij — Iran’s central repression apparatus — (Soleimani), were eliminated last night,” Katz said in a statement released by his ministry.

Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani attends a ceremony by Hezbollah marking the first anniversary of Israel’s assassination of their longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sept 27, 2025. — AFP/File
Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani attends a ceremony by Hezbollah marking the first anniversary of Israel’s assassination of their longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sept 27, 2025. — AFP/File

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