Iranian security chief Ali Larijani killed in air strike
His death is confirmed on state TV, alongside that of another senior figure, Gholamreza Soleimani
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""We are undermining this regime in the hope of giving the Iranian people an opportunity to remove it.""
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Former Iranian politician and ally of Ali Khamenei.
Supreme Leader of Iran.
Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister of Israel.
Gholamreza Soleimani was the head of the paramilitary Basij force in Iran.
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His death is confirmed on state TV, alongside that of another senior figure, Gholamreza Soleimani
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