#Israel said Tuesday that it had killed one of Iran’s highest-ranking leaders, #AliLarijani, in an overnight airstrike near Tehran, dealing another severe blow to a power structure already decimated by 3 weeks of #US - Israeli strikes.

The killing of #Larijani — who became Iran’s de facto leader after US-Israeli airstrikes killed the upper echelons of Iran’s government & military — removes one of Iran’s most prominent voices of defiance.

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