The death of Ali Larijani marks the most senior Iranian figure killed by Israel since the assassination of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Iran confirmed the death of its top security chief on Tuesday, despite earlier denying reports that he was dead. A handwritten letter mourning the death of Iranian troops that Tehran claimed was written by Larijani was also released in an apparent attempt to prove he had survived an IDF strike.
