Day: March 17, 2026
Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, has just claimed that Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani has been killed, a report that has sent shockwaves through regional capitals and global capitals alike. Tehran has yet to comment, and details remain unconfirmed. But to grasp the potential significance of this claim, it helps to understand the man at its centre: a figure who embodied the complexities, contradictions and intellectual currents of the Islamic Republic itself.
