Ali Larijani had emerged as a key determine in Iran’s political construction and war-time chief after the U.S. and Israel killed Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File
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Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated the assassination of Ali Larijani, Secretary of Supreme Nationwide Safety Council, by Israel won’t destabilise Iran’s political system, even because the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed “particular revenge”.
“I have no idea why the People and the Israelis nonetheless haven’t understood this level: The Islamic Republic of Iran has a robust political construction with established political, financial, and social establishments,” Mr. Araghchi informed Al Jazeera, after Tehran on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) confirmed that Larijani was killed.
Mr. Araghchi was the chief negotiator with the U.S. earlier than America and Israel launched the conflict on February 28
Larijani’s son Mortaza and his deputy Alireza Bayat had been additionally killed within the strike. In a separate assault, Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij paramilitary forces, was additionally killed.
Larijani had emerged as a key determine in Iran’s political construction and war-time chief after the U.S. and Israel killed Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other different prime leaders within the February 28 strike.
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“The presence or absence of a single particular person doesn’t have an effect on this construction,” stated Mr. Araghchi. “After all, people are influential, and every particular person performs their function – some higher, some worse, some much less – however what issues is that the political system in Iran is a really strong construction.”
He added that the assassination of Ali Khamenei had little impression on the system. “We’ve not had anybody extra necessary than the chief himself, and even the chief was martyred, but the system continued its work and instantly supplied a alternative,” he stated. “If anybody else is martyred, it is going to be the identical.”
The IRGC, in an announcement expressing condolences, stated “the blood of the esteemed martyr would function a supply of power and nationwide alertness within the face of the worldwide conceitedness and worldwide Zionism.”
“The Corps will certainly not omit to avenge the esteemed martyr and the opposite martyrs of Iran’s Sacred Defence” in opposition to the adversaries,” it added.
Iran additionally launched a brand new wave of missile and drone assaults at Israel and Persian Gulf kingdoms after Larijani’s killing was introduced. The IRGC “has struck greater than 100 targets within the metropolis of Tel Aviv in retaliation for the martyrdom of Dr. Ali Larijani,” the Guards stated in an announcement.
“Along with Tel Aviv, it has focused delicate and strategic enemy objects within the holy occupied metropolis of al-Quds, the occupied port of Haifa, Be’er Sheva, which serves because the regime’s technological epicenter, and the Negev Desert,” it added.
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