File Photo: Former Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi. AFP
Kharazi, 81, had been serving as the head of the Strategic Council for International Relations, which is part of the foreign ministry.
The veteran diplomat, "who was injured in a terrorist attack carried out by the American-Zionist enemy a few days ago, died a martyr tonight", the Mehr and Isna agencies reported on Telegram.
His wife was killed in the strike on their home in Tehran, media reported.
He reportedly had been involved in coordinating US–Iran negotiations through Pakistani channels.
Kharazi was Iran's envoy at the United Nations in New York and then became foreign minister from 1997 to 2005, under reformist president Mohammad Khatami.
Spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of top military and political figures have been killed in strikes since the Middle East war started with US-Israeli attacks on February 28.
Over the course of the war, which the US and Israel unilaterally started against Iran on February 28, attacks have often targeted civilian infrastructure, hitting schools, hospitals, destroying bridges, and killing thousands of people in Iran.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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