Paris, France, March 17, 2026 (AFP) - Iran's Larijani, the man whose power grew during Mideast war

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2026-03-17

When Israeli and US strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the Middle East war, Iran's security chief Ali Larijani became even more powerful than he had been for decades. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Larijani had been killed, though Iran's authorities have not confirmed his death. Larijani had since the start of the war played a far more visible role than the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who......

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