Israel says it has eliminated a key figure in Iran - the assassinated Khamenei's right-hand man

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced the elimination of Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani as a result of an airstrike, BBC reports. An Israeli military official confirmed to the TV channel that it was the head of the Iranian security service who was the main target of the IDF's night attack.

There has been no official confirmation from Tehran yet, but Iranian news agencies Tasnim and Mehr announced the imminent publication of the statement. Larijani was considered a key figure in the Iranian regime and was the right-hand man of the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who died at the start of Iran's war with the US and Israel, the Times of Israel reported .

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