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      FILE Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Larijani holds a press conference after a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker in Beirut, Lebanon, 13 August 2025 (reissued 17 March 2026). Larijani has been killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to Israel's defence ministry 17 March 2026. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
      Ali Larijani
      1958 - 2026
      Ali Larijani: Iran's security chief and key power behind the throne

      Close aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in Israeli strike, two weeks after death of his former boss




      In 1957, Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi joined a stellar generation of faculty at the Political Science and Public Administration Department, where he taught for the next 25 years. Reuters

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      Iranian state television confirmed the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026, without referring to a US and Israeli attack on his residence. AFP

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      Jane Goodall at the University of Montana in 2022. She visited the UAE in February this year. AP

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      (FILES) Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges applause following the presentation of his men's fall/winter 2020/21 fashion collection in Milan on January 13, 2020. Italian fashion great Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91 "surrounded by his loved ones", his company said on September 4, 2025. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)

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      • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - MAY 21: Cristiano Ronaldo of Al Nassr celebrates scoring his team's fourth goal during the Saudi Pro League match between Al Nassr and Damac at Al Awwal Park on May 21, 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Yasser Bakhsh / Getty Images)
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