Again Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz According to his office, the Secretary General of the Security Council arrived at one targeted attack during the night. The conservative politician has risen to become a central figure in the Iranian power apparatus in recent months. The Israeli military described Larijani as the “de facto leader of the Iranian terror regime.” There was initially no confirmation from the Iranian side.

Larijani was appointed to the Security Council post in August 2025. He had previously worked as an advisor to the religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28. The 67-year-old’s rise surprised many observers at the time. Larijani was considered a pragmatist and had ambitions for the presidency. However, he was disqualified from the 2024 election by the powerful Guardian Council, a control body.

Larijani family “Kennedys of Iran”

Larijani comes from a family in which his father and his siblings had a significant influence in the top ranks of Iranian politics. This is also why his family is called the “Kennedys of Iran”.

Larijani studied mathematics and was considered a “man of the system”, but in recent years he has also repeatedly represented more moderate positions. Like many politicians today, he initially did Career in the Revolutionary Guards and rose to brigadier general before retiring from active service in the early 1990s.

Despite previous attempts to stand as a presidential candidate, he was not approved as a presidential candidate for the third time after the helicopter crash of then President Ebrahim Raisi. He therefore continued his career as head of the National Security Council.

Larijani was a long-time follower of Khamenei

Larijani is considered a long-time follower of Khamenei and was appointed by him as a negotiator for dealings with Russia, China and the USA. After the Iran War began, he said he no longer wanted to negotiate with the United States. Finally, he said of the Americans that they “must know that we will not let them go.”

Larijani’s power grew during wartime

Most recently, he served as chief negotiator in nuclear negotiations with the EU. Because of his political experience, the mullahs appointed him as a crisis manager after the war began. He was responsible for the military, nuclear policy and domestic policy. His power always grew during times of chaos in Tehran.

He is said to have played a key role in the suppression of the recent mass protests, reported the exile media “Iranwire”. Thousands of protesters were killed in the riots in early January. At the same time, the portal quoted an insider, Larijani believed in “cultural and economic reforms as well as diplomatic rapprochement – similar to the reforms in China.” The US imposed sanctions on the official because of his role in the repression.

Israel kills Larijani in night airstrike

Larijani recently became so close to the top government that he temporarily led Friday prayers on behalf of Khamenei. Proof of how the Iranian government had already positioned its second and third leadership tiers in a timely manner. Now Israel has eliminated him too.

Only shortly before, Israel’s armed forces had announced that they had killed the commander of the Iranian Basij forces, Brigadier General Gholamresa Soleimani. The attack took place on Monday in Tehran, the military said in a statement. There was no confirmation of this from Iran either. The Basij units under Soleimani’s leadership were responsible for the bloody suppression of protests in Iran in January, the Israeli army wrote.

Israel has already killed dozens of leading figures in the Iranian power apparatus in the current war. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the capital Tehran on February 28.