On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the elimination of Ali Larijani , the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. After hours of silence, Tehran’s state-run Tasnim and Fars news agencies confirmed his death, labeling him a "martyr." Larijani was widely considered the most experienced and practical operator remaining in the Iranian leadership following the February 28 strikes that killed the previous Supreme Leader. 1. The Strike: Precision in Pardis The assassination took place overnight in the Pardis district, a suburb east of Tehran. The Target: Larijani was located at his daughter’s residence, where he had reportedly moved for security. The Casualties: The strike killed Larijani alongside his son, Morteza Larijani , and his deputy for security affairs, Alireza Bayat . Joint Operation: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that a simultaneous strike also killed Gholamreza Soleimani , the commander of the Basij param...
Google in a Tweet today said they are mark 5 years of Google blogging and nearly 1 year of Tweeting. Their blog post on the same dedicates an entire paragraph to their Twitter experience and commitment to the same. Since jumping into Twitterverse in Fed of 2009 Google now has more than a 1,000 posts with 2,028,948 followers as of this time of writing. They also said the 75 other Google entities have gotten into the Twitter Act. They further said that Twitter was their biggest non-Google refer to their blog in 2009. We are all proud that Twitter has grown and proven to the world that micro-blogging and connecting people on a single platform has united the world in a way never know before and opened doors to people great and small and companies great and small. Cheers to a new decade of Twittering To follow Google on Twitter @google The Following has been taken from their blog What captured your attention this year? Here are the top 10 posts of 2009, by unique pageviews: Introducing the...