ISRAEL HAS SAID its military has killed Iran’s powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic as fresh strikes rocked the Middle East from Tehran to Baghdad.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Larijani was “eliminated last night”, although this has not been confirmed by Iran.

According to his social media account, Larijani was last seen in public marching through Tehran on Friday for Quds Day March, a demonstration held during Ramadan to express support for Palestinians.

مسيرة يوم القدس | شارع الثورة | طهران | ٢٢ آذار ٢٠٢٦ | بعد ١٣ يوماً من استشهاد سماحة آية الله العظمى الشهيد السيد علي خامنئي pic.twitter.com/yg99r2SGkg

— Ali Larijani | علی لاریجانی (@alilarijani_ir) March 13, 2026

Earlier today, Israel’s military said Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij paramilitary force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was killed Monday in a strike on Tehran.

WIranian state media did not immediately confirm either death. However, it said a message from Larijani’s office would be published shortly.

Reports of their deaths come less than three weeks after US-Israeli strikes on February 28 killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, triggering a war that has engulfed the region.

Hundreds of people have been killed and millions have been displaced because of the war launched by the US and Israel, notably in Lebanon and Iran.

With reporting by PA and Eoghan Dalton