Ali Larijani was a senior official in Iran and the de facto leader of the country from supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s death on February 28, 2026, until his own death on March 17, 2026. He was uniquely positioned within the embattled regime because of his family’s close ties to the clerical establishment and his strong personal ties to the military and political establishments. Larijani was also instrumental in Iran’s nuclear policy, having served as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s first chief negotiator with the West (2005–07) and later guiding parliamentary support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as parliamentary speaker.
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