In a Targeted Strike, IDF Kills Wife of Top Iran Government Adviser, Leaves Him Badly Wounded

According to a report by Times of Israel, on Thursday April 2, 2026, a strike targeting the Tehran home of former Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi killed his wife and left the veteran diplomat seriously wounded, according to reports from multiple Iranian news outlets.

The attack on Kharazi’s residence in the Iranian capital was attributed to a joint US-Israeli military operation, as reported by Iranian newspapers Shargh, Etemad, and Ham Mihan. Kharazi, who remains active as a government adviser, was rushed to hospital following the assault and is reported to be in serious condition.

Kharazi served as Iran’s foreign minister for eight years, from 1997 to 2005, under then-President Mohammad Khatami, a reformist leader whose tenure represented a period of cautious diplomatic engagement from Tehran. Decades after leaving that post, Kharazi continued to engage publicly on matters of Iranian foreign policy, most recently sitting down for an interview with CNN just weeks before the strike.

The attack on a sitting government adviser and former cabinet minister at his private home represents a sharp development in the ongoing tensions involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. Iranian media’s identification of a US-Israeli strike as the cause reflects the broader regional climate that has seen heightened military activity and targeted operations across multiple fronts.

His wife, whose name had not been widely published by Iranian outlets at the time of initial reports, was killed in the strike. Details surrounding the exact nature and scale of the attack on the property remained limited in early reporting.

Kharazi’s profile, both as a former top diplomat and as a current adviser to the Iranian government, placed him among a relatively small group of officials who straddle Iran’s past and present foreign policy establishment. His CNN interview had put him back in the international spotlight shortly before the incident unfolded.

Official responses from either the United States or Israel were not available at the time of reporting, while Iranian authorities had yet to release a formal statement detailing the government’s position on the attack….See More