Israel says Iran's security council secretary Larijani has been killed

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was killed in overnight Israeli strikes.

Larijani was appointed to the post in August 2025 by President Masoud Pezeshkian. He was also the representative of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the council.

From 2008 to 2020 Larijani spent 12 years as speaker of Iran's parliament, and in 2005–2007 he was Iran's chief nuclear negotiator.

Tehran has not officially confirmed Larijani's death.