India, March 18 -- Russia on Wednesday called reacted to the the killing of top Iranian leader Ali Larijani in Israeli strikes and said the act "murdering" members of the leadership of sovereign Iran was condemnable.

Iran has confirmed that Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed in Tehran in an Israeli airstrike Tuesday. Track latest in US-Iran war here

"We unequivocally condemn any actions aimed at harming the health of, or indeed murdering or eliminating, members of the leadership of sovereign and independent Iran, as well as those of other countries. We condemn such actions," Reuters quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying to reporters when asked about Russia's re...