Israel said it killed Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani, one of the regime’s most powerful surviving figures.
The Jewish nation also said it killed the head of the Basij force, Gholamreza Soleimani, a key militia used to suppress protests in the Islamic Republic.
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz made the claims of Larijani’s death on Tuesday.
Though, Iran did not immediately confirm the claims, and it was not clear what Israel was basing its assessment on.
The Islamic Republic state media published a handwritten note by Larijani, though it was not clear whether it was intended as proof of the life of the senior official.
Larijani’s note, published on his social media pages, commemorates 84 Iranian sailors, whose funeral is expected on Tuesday, killed in a US attack on their naval ship in international waters.
If confirmed, Larijani would be the highest-level killing in the war since United States-Israeli strikes killed former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several members of his family, on the first day of the war they launched on February 28.
Larijani was last seen publicly on Friday, attending the Al-Quds Day rally in support of Palestinians in Tehran, along with President Masoud Pezeshkian.
