Turkiye calls Israel’s killings of Iran leaders ‘illegal’

Middle East Eye · March 17, 2026 War

Turkiye calls Israel’s killings of Iran leaders ‘illegal’ Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has lashed out at Israel after it claimed to have killed Iran’s powerful national security chief Ali Larijani, denouncing its targeting of Tehran’s leaders as “illegal”. “Israel’s political assassinations, especially those targeting Iranian statesmen and politicians, are truly illegal activities outside the normal laws of war,” Fidan told a news conference. Larijani’s death has not been confirmed by Iran.

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