File Photo: Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon. AFP
"The pure souls of the martyrs embraced the purified soul of God's righteous servant, Martyr Dr. Ali Larijani," the council said, adding that "his son and his bodyguards had died with him."
"After a lifetime of struggle for the advancement of Iran and of the Islamic Revolution, he ultimately attained his long-held aspiration, answered the divine call, and honourably achieved the sweet grace of martyrdom in the trench of service," it added.
Washington and Tel Aviv have escalated their attempts to assassinate top Iranian political and military leaders since the start of their war on the country on 28 February, which has killed nearly 1,500 and wounded thousands of Iranians.
The US and Israel opened the ongoing war on 28 February with an airstrike that killed the country's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Following the Israeli 12-day war on Iran in June 2025, the late Ali Khamenei entrusted Larijani with coordinating the day-to-day in the country's domestic and foreign policy.
Born in Najaf, Iraq, to the Mazani-origin Larijani family, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Math and Computer Science, then a Master's and PhD in Western philosophy at the University of Tehran. He wrote his doctoral dissertation about the 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Larijani rose to prominence within the Islamic Republic after joining the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Later, he served as the head of the Iranian TV and Radio Authority and as minister of culture.
Larijani served as the speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. He has been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2020, having previously served from 1997 to 2008.
He ran for the presidency in 2005 and lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was also assassinated by the Israelis on the first day of the war.
"The martyr was a graduate of Imam Khomeini's school and a senior leader of the revolution, and his martyrdom was the culmination of his journey, warning that those responsible for this crime would face the consequences.
"Larijani, in his final duties, sought to enhance regional security and stability and strengthen relations among Islamic countries, and succeeded in establishing himself as an international figure in the fields of security and resistance."
Larijani was last seen publicly on Friday as he defiantly took part with various top Iranian leaders in the Al-Quds Day march in Central Tehran.
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