'Criminals will pay for his blood': Mojtaba Khamenei on killing of Iran security chief Ali Larijani

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Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Wednesday (local time) reacted to the killing of Ali Larijani, the country's Supreme National Security Council, saying that ‘criminals have to pay soon for his blood’, Reuters reported.

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Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Wednesday (local time) reacted to the killing of Ali Larijani, the country's Supreme National Security Council, saying that "criminals have to pay soon for his blood," Reuters reported.

Khamenei's remark came hours after Tehran confirmed that the leader was killed in Israeli strikes. Earlier on Tuesday, the Israeli military said that it had killed Larijani along with Gholamreza Soleimani, the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Basij unit, a volunteer paramilitary force.

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