Kamal Kharazi gravely wounded in apparent assassination attempt at Tehran home

Kharazi, 81, served as Iran’s foreign minister from 1997 to 2005 and currently heads the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, a senior advisory body in Tehran. He has remained an important foreign policy figure and was previously known as an adviser to the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The reported strike came as fresh attacks were recorded in Tehran and other Iranian cities, including Isfahan and Shiraz, during the fifth week of the war. At the same time, Iran’s Khatam al Anbiya headquarters said the conflict would continue until the United States and Israel faced what it called “permanent regret and surrender,” signaling that Tehran is preparing for further escalation rather than a near term de escalation.

The attack on Kharazi also carries political weight because he has recently been seen as one of the senior Iranian figures linked to discussions about possible indirect diplomacy, even while publicly expressing deep distrust of Washington. That has added to speculation inside and outside Iran about whether the strike was meant only as part of the broader air campaign or also as a targeted blow against a veteran figure in Tehran’s foreign policy establishment.