Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was “eliminated” Monday night, CNN reports.
Larijani is among Iran’s most powerful civilian officials and was close to slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
New York Times: “The Israeli military said separately on Tuesday that it had killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Basij, the powerful Iranian plainclothes militia, dealing another blow to Iran’s top leadership.”
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