Ali Larijani

Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, who Israel claimed to have killed in a strike in March 2026.

Large crowds gather during a joint funeral held for Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Basij commander Major General Gholam Soleimani, and 84 sailors from the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena, on March 18, 2026 in Tehran, Iran
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Iran replaces slain security chief with IRGC hardliner

Iran named on Tuesday a former Revolutionary Guards commander, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, as the new chief of the Supreme National Security Council.

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24 March, 2026
A picture shows a general view of the South Pars gas field facilities in the southern Iranian port town of Assaluyeh on the shore of the Gulf on November 19, 2015.
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Iran's South Pars gas field, Qatar's main gas facility attacked

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18 March, 2026
Ali Larijani (C), Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, attends a joint press conference in Beirut
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Ali Larijani, Iran's ultimate backroom powerbroker, dies at 67

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17 March, 2026
Former Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani files candidacy for presidential election in 2024
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Iran's Larijani, the man whose power grew during Middle East war

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17 March, 2026
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, arrives in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 27, 2025, to attend a memorial service for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. (Photo by Courtney Bonneau / Middle East Images via AFP)
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Israel says killed Iran national security chief Ali Larijani

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17 March, 2026