Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has said the death of former foreign minister Dr Sayyid Kamal Kharrazi from US-Israeli strikes is a “shameful testament to the vileness of the arrogant US‑Zionist powers and the enemies of Iran’s science, culture, and civilisation”.

Khamenei further said: “Dr Kharrazi spent many years of his life serving in various cultural, media, and diplomatic capacities.”