Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated in an Al Jazeera interview that the assassination of Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani by the US and Israel will not disrupt the Islamic Republic's robust political framework.
Following the assassination of Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed the notion that his death would destabilize the government. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Araghchi responded to the terrorist act of the Zionist regime and America in martyring Larijani, as characterized by the state-affiliated Fars News International in their coverage of the interview.
Araghchi emphasized the resilience of the Iranian state system. According to Fars News, he stated: "I do not know why the Americans and Israelis have not yet understood that the Islamic Republic of Iran has a solid political structure with established political, economic, and social institutions." He explicitly noted that the Iranian government is not dependent on a single individual, and the presence or absence of one person does not derail the system.
The remarks were widely echoed across the Iranian media landscape, including by the news aggregator Khabar Fori and the reformist-aligned Supporters of Pezeshkian channel, both demonstrating a unified front on state resilience. Khabar Fori reported Araghchi conceding that while individuals are influential and everyone plays their role—some better, some weaker, and some less—their absence does not fundamentally alter the state's trajectory. Supporters of Pezeshkian reiterated his core conclusion that what matters above all is the overarching solidity of Iran's political system structure.
This high-profile assassination and subsequent diplomatic messaging unfold amidst severe regional escalation. Earlier this week, intensive Israeli and US military operations targeted Iranian air defenses and energy infrastructure, while Iran launched extensive retaliatory bombardments against Israel and US military assets across the Middle East.
The messages uniformly refer to Ali Larijani's death as a martyrdom and a terrorist act by the US and Israel. The tone across all channels, from hardline state media to reformist-leaning channels, demonstrates a unified domestic narrative regarding the resilience of the state structure despite the high-level assassination.