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Ali Larijani

Senior Revolutionary Guard commander General Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not seen) and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 4, 2026, 8:21 pm
US arrests relatives of slain IRGC general Soleimani for supporting Iran’s regime
State Department says Hamideh Soleimani Afshar promotes Iranian propaganda while enjoying ‘lavish lifestyle’ in LA; legal status of Larijani’s daughter, son-in-law also terminated
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iran's Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr in 2023 (YouTube screenshot/CCTV)
March 24, 2026, 3:51 pm
Iran names ex-IRGC commander Zolghadr to succeed Larijani as security chief
Veteran of Iran-Iraq War who helped bolster IRGC influence under Ahmadinejad’s government will head Supreme National Security Council; Tehran says Mojtaba Khamenei approved pick
By AFP
Iranian mourners gather during the funeral of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani, a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commands Basij forces, in Tehran on March 18, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 19, 2026, 12:26 pm
These are the key Iranian figures killed in the US-Israeli bombing campaign
Longtime leader Khamenei, top aides such as security chief Larijani, military brass responsible for terror proxies and internal repression, are among dozens of officials killed in war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Mourners attend the funeral procession for senior Iranian military officials and civilians killed during the US-Israel campaign as a portrait of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, son and successor of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is seen at center, in Tehran, Iran, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 18, 2026, 2:44 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 18 – After Larijani assassination, who’s holding the wheel in Iran?
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on Larijani’s significance and how his killing may affect the regime moving forward, plus blowback faced by Trump from within the US
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Ali Larijani (center) participates in a Quds Day anti-Israel march in Tehran on March 13, 2026, the last time he was seen alive in public. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 18, 2026, 2:29 am
Larijani’s death removes key pillar of regime. Will it be enough to make Iran collapse?
Ali Khamenei’s handpicked deputy was believed to be coordinating Tehran’s war effort. Israel hopes his assassination will bring protesters out on ancient Persian holiday
By Lazar Berman
Ali Larijani (waving) participates in a Quds Day anti-Israel march in Tehran on March 13, 2026, the last time he was seen alive in public. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 17, 2026, 11:49 pm
Ali Larijani was hardline voice in Iran’s regime for decades, with supreme leader’s ear
A heavy-handed culture minister, then parliament speaker and top security official, the close adviser to Ali Khamenei was widely believed to be running Iran after US-Israeli attack
By Melanie Lidman, Jon Gambrell and Justin Spike
Left: Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in an undated photo (social media); Right: Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (Lebanese Parliament / AFP)
March 17, 2026, 3:21 pm
Israel kills Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ Ali Larijani, Basij force chief in Tehran airstrikes
Islamic Republic acknowledges deaths of Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani after neither confirming or denying for hours; IDF also says it killed a top leader of Tehran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
Members of Iranian paramilitary forces (Basij) during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran, January 10, 2025. (AFP)
March 17, 2026, 2:19 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 17 – Checkmate? Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ and top oppressor killed
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the IDF’s new ‘targeted’ ground operation in Lebanon, and threats and intimidation he faced from menacing Polymarket gamblers over a report
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at US Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, on March 5, 2026 (Octavio JONES / AFP)
March 13, 2026, 7:17 pm
Hegseth says Mojtaba Khamenei ‘wounded, likely disfigured,’ questions if he’s governing
US defense secretary says Iran’s missile production ‘defeated,’ defense companies will be destroyed; 1 killed in Tehran blast as several top Iranian leaders attend Quds Day rally
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
A plume of smoke rises after a reported Iranian strike on fuel tanks in Muharraq, Bahrain, on March 12, 2026. (Fadhel MADHAN / AFP) /
March 12, 2026, 11:53 pm
Iran’s Larijani says war won’t end before enemies made sorry for ‘grave miscalculation’
Tehran vows to ‘set region on fire’ if energy infrastructure and ports targeted; parliament speaker says attacks on Iran’s Gulf islands will see them ‘run with the blood of invaders’
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One during a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, on March 7, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
March 8, 2026, 10:14 pm
Trump: Next Iranian supreme leader ‘not going to last long’ without US approval
US president says he’s open to new leadership from within current regime; Iranian FM says Tehran won’t surrender or negotiate a truce, will ‘continue to resist as long as it takes’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Footage of the Israeli strike on a building in the Iranian city of Qom where a body was set to choose Iran's new supreme leader on March 3, 2026. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 3, 2026, 7:35 pm
Israel strikes building where Iranian clerics said gathering to elect new supreme leader
IDF confirms Air Force hit building in Qom where Assembly of Experts believed to gather; unclear how many of its 88 members were in attendance; unsourced report says none of them
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Iran's security chief Ali Larijani attends a ceremony by the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of their longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, 2025. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
March 1, 2026, 6:23 pm
Ali Larijani, once seen as a pragmatist, steps into void left by Khamenei’s death
Loyalist of the slain supreme leader, sanctioned by US for directing recent crackdown on protesters, now sits on council governing Iran
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Government supporters mourn during a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown in the poster, in Tehran, March 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
March 1, 2026, 1:26 pm
IDF says dozens of top Iranians killed within seconds of Khamenei as CIA role emerges
Report says US spy agency tracked supreme leader’s location and handed intel to IDF; deaths of military chief of staff, defense minister and top IRGC commander also confirmed
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A protester holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against US and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the US embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, February 28, 2026. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
March 1, 2026, 2:00 am
End of an era as Iran confirms Khamenei is dead; Trump: Justice for Iranians and beyond
Iranians brave the streets to celebrate; US president urges security personnel to surrender; Netanyahu calls on Iranians to rise up; state media says leader’s daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law, son-in-law also killed
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
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