Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi has been seriously wounded in a strike that has claimed the life of his wife, AFP reports citing Iranian media.

According to the newspapers Shargh, Etemad and Ham Mihan, his home in Tehran has been targeted in a US-Israeli strike. He was badly injured and hospitalised following the attack, the outlets report.

Kharazi served as foreign minister from 1997 to 2005 under reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami.