India, March 17 -- As the world waits for confirmation from Iran regarding the aleged death of its top security chief Ali Larijani, questions have now been raised as to who might take over as Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SSNSC).

On Tuesday, Israel announced that Larijani had been targeted in overnight strikes and has been "eliminated". Follow LIVE updates on US-Iran war here

"This morning we eliminated Ali Larijani, the boss of the Revolutionary Guards, which is the gang of gangsters that actually runs Iran," Netanyahu said in a televised statement, hours after Israeli defence minister Israel Katz and the IDF stated that the Iranian security chief was dead.

Speculation regarding Larijani's death took socia...