Dhaka, June 13 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday confirmed that several senior military figures and scientists were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting Tehran.

Iran's former national security chief Ali Shamkhani has been killed in Israel's strikes on Iran, according to Iranian state media.

"The assassination of Ali Shamkhani was also confirmed," Iranian state news network IRINN said on Friday.

Shamkhani was a key adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and served as secretary of the nation's National Security Council for almost a decade.

Shamkhani had been a rising star of Iranian diplomacy and well known in diplomatic circles in Washington and Europe. But he was abrupted replaced in mid 2023, wi...