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WSJ Minute Briefing

Israel Believes Strike Killed Iranian Security Chief Ali Larijani

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Oil and natural gas prices are rising today. And President Trump has asked China to delay a summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing originally scheduled for this month. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Israel says it has killed Iran's security chief Ali Larajani in airstrikes last night on

0:44.6

Tehran, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz. Larajani had emerged as the central figure

0:50.7

in Iran's aggressive military response to U.S. Israeli airstrikes and played a

0:55.8

central role in the killings of anti-regime demonstrators in January, according to the U.S.

1:00.9

government.

1:01.9

Oil and natural gas prices are rising today after an overnight drone strike on a gas field

1:07.6

in the United Arab Emirates and an attack today on a tanker off the Emirati coast

1:12.4

near a key oil trading hub that lies outside of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the UAE has

1:18.4

reopened its airspace after a brief precautionary shutdown earlier today. Nevertheless, British

1:24.0

Airways said today that it's extending a suspension of flights to Dubai and other

1:28.8

mid-east destinations until May 31st, along with a cancellation of flights to Doha until April 30th.

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