Sri Lanka, April 10 -- Kamal Kharrazi, Iran's former foreign minister and head of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, died on the evening of April 10 from injuries sustained in a US-Israeli strike on his home, Eqtesad Online reported.

Kharrazi was severely wounded on April 1 when his apartment was hit in an Israeli strike on his apartment block. His wife was killed instantly in the same attack, which was seen as an act of terror on residential blocks in uptown Tehran.

Kharrazi served as Iran's foreign minister from 1997 to 2005 under President Mohammad Khatami, making him the 62nd holder of the post. He had led the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations since 2006 and was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council by appoint...