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Iranian Diplomat Kamal Kharazi Reported Dead After Wounds From Tehran Strike

Iranian state media blame a U.S.-Israeli attack, a claim Washington and Israel have not confirmed.

Overview

  • Iranian outlets Mehr and ISNA say the 81-year-old former foreign minister died of injuries from a strike on his Tehran home that also killed his wife.
  • Officials quoted by those outlets called the attack a terrorist act by the "American-Zionist enemy," though no one has taken responsibility.
  • VINnews reports there has been no public comment from U.S. or Israeli authorities on the strike or on Kharazi’s reported death.
  • Kharazi led Iran’s Strategic Council for International Relations and earlier served as UN ambassador before becoming foreign minister from 1997 to 2005.
  • The death notice follows Iranian media claims of a broader campaign of strikes and assassinations since late February, which outside sources have not independently verified.