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Israeli Airstrike Decapitates Iran’s Wartime Command, Killing Ali Larijani
In the pre-dawn hours of 18 March 2026, Iran admitted that a joint U.S.–Israeli missile strike on a residence in Pardis, near Tehran, killed Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani and several aides, instantly removing the man who had filled the power vacuum after Ayatollah Khamenei’s death.