{"id":327017,"date":"2026-03-18T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-confirms-key-regime-leader-ali-larijani-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:00:14","slug":"iran-confirms-key-regime-leader-ali-larijani-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-confirms-key-regime-leader-ali-larijani-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran confirms key regime leader Ali Larijani killed in Israeli airstrike | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OoomPEG75pg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Iran confirms key regime leader Ali Larijani killed in Israeli airstrike | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OoomPEG75pg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s supreme national security council\u00a0has confirmed the death of\u00a0its leader, Ali Larijani.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of the most senior figures in the Iranian regime to have been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes since the death of Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement Iran\u2019s national security council said:  \u201cThe pure souls of the martyrs embraced the purified soul of God\u2019s righteous servant, Martyr Dr Ali Larijani.\u201d  It said that his son had also been killed along with his bodyguards.   <\/p>\n<p>Israel earlier said it had killed Larijani in airstrikes overnight.  It said a separate strike had killed the Basij paramilitary force commander,\u00a0Gholamreza Soleimani and his death was also confirmed by Iranian state media.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has again criticised NATO allies for failing to support the US in its war with Iran.   He declared that \u201cwe don\u2019t need their help\u201d, having appealed to allies to send warships to help open the key sea lane, the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile a senior official in the Trump administration has quit, saying he cannot support the war in Iran.   Joe Kent, who was head of the national counterterrorism centre, said Iran posed no imminent threat to the US and claimed pressure from Israel had led to the war. <\/p>\n<p>And Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the BBC he has &quot;a very bad feeling&quot; about the impact of the war in Iran on the war in Ukraine.   He said that Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin and the Iranian regime were \u201cbrothers in hatred\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Laura Kuenssberg, Jeremy Bowen and Fergal Keane. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s supreme national security council\u00a0has confirmed the death of\u00a0its leader, Ali Larijani. He is one of the most senior figures in the Iranian regime to have been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes since the death of Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war. 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