Israel Kills Iran's De Facto Leader, Basij Chief
March 17, 2026·about 4 hours ago·via Townhall

Israeli forces deliver a crushing blow to Iran's terror regime, eliminating Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and de facto leader after Ayatollah Khamenei's death, along with Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, commander of the IRGC's brutal Basij repression force. These two architects of Iran's savage crackdown on January protests oversaw massacres against their own people, and now they've joined Khamenei in the dustbin of history. Read more about this...