Kamal Kharrazi, head of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and former Iranian foreign minister, has died after succumbing to injuries sustained in an attack earlier this week, Iranian state media reported.
Kharrazi was reportedly injured in a strike that targeted his residence in Tehran. He passed away on Thursday night. His wife had also died in the same attack earlier this week, State media stated.
Kharrazi was a senior figure in Iran’s political establishment. Kharrazi held several key positions following the Islamic Revolution. He served as Iran’s foreign minister from August 1997 to August 2005 and was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
He was heading the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, an advisory body established in 2006 that reports directly to Iran’s supreme leadership and provides strategic guidance on foreign policy and international affairs.
Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials and military commanders were killed in the West Asia conflict, which began on February 28. As of now, both sides have reached a temporary ceasefire and agreed to hold further negotiations in Islamabad.
