Kremlin condemns US-Israeli ‘murder’ of Iran’s leaders after Ali Larijani killing 

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani attends a ceremony by the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of their longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, 2025. (File/AFP)
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Updated 18 March 2026
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Kremlin condemns US-Israeli ‘murder’ of Iran’s leaders after Ali Larijani killing 

  • "We condemn such actions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday condemned what ​it called “the murder” of Iran’s leaders in US-Israeli airstrikes, a day after Iran’s semi-official Fars news ‌agency confirmed that ‌Ali ​Larijani, ‌a ⁠senior ​adviser to Iran’s ⁠late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed in Tehran.
“We unequivocally ⁠condemn any actions ‌aimed ‌at harming ​the health ‌of, or indeed ‌murdering or eliminating, members of the leadership of sovereign and ‌independent Iran, as well as those of ⁠other ⁠countries. We condemn such actions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Russia’s reaction to Larijani’s death.