{"id":69149,"date":"2026-03-17T06:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/first-thing-israel-says-irans-security-chief-ali-larijani-killed-in-airstrike\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T06:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:55:15","slug":"first-thing-israel-says-irans-security-chief-ali-larijani-killed-in-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/first-thing-israel-says-irans-security-chief-ali-larijani-killed-in-airstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Israel says Iran\u2019s security chief Ali Larijani killed in airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If confirmed, it would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to be killed in the war since Ali Khamenei. Plus, Oakland homicides down 48% from Covid peak<\/p>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>Israel says it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/17\/irans-security-chief-ali-larijani-killed-in-airstrike-israel-says\">killed Iran\u2019s national security chief<\/a>, Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes. If the claim is confirmed, it would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to die in the war since the supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed on its first day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How significant could Larijani\u2019s death be?<\/strong> Very. If confirmed, it would remove a pivotal figure at the center of the regime\u2019s political and security establishment at a time of acute crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s happening to oil prices?<\/strong> Oil and gas prices have risen again after Iran successfully attacked production facilities for the first time since the start of the war. Brent crude reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/17\/oil-gas-prices-rise-iran-us-israel-war-brent-crude-uae-strikes\">$103.2 a barrel<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/mar\/17\/iran-war-live-updates-news-israel-trump-strikes-us-embassy-baghdad-strait-of-hormuz-middle-east-latest\">Read our live coverage here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/17\/first-thing-israel-says-iran-security-chief-ali-larijani-killed\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If confirmed, it would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to be killed in the war since Ali Khamenei. Plus, Oakland homicides down 48% from Covid peak Good morning. Israel says it killed Iran\u2019s national security chief, Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes. If the claim is confirmed, it would make Larijani the most senior &#8230; <a title=\"First Thing: Israel says Iran\u2019s security chief Ali Larijani killed in airstrike\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/first-thing-israel-says-irans-security-chief-ali-larijani-killed-in-airstrike\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about First Thing: Israel says Iran\u2019s security chief Ali Larijani killed in airstrike\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}