New Delhi, April 10 -- Kamal Kharazi, a former Iranian foreign minister, died on Thursday, after succumbing to injuries sustained in US-Israeli airstrikes carried out on April 1, according to Iranian media reports.

The Mehr and Isna agencies reported on Telegram that the veteran diplomat "who was injured in a terrorist attack carried out by the American-Zionist enemy a few days ago, died a martyr tonight".

Kharazi, 81, was serving as head of the Strategic Council for International Relations, a body affiliated with Iran's foreign ministry. Reports also state that his wife was killed when their home in Tehran was struck.

Kamal Kharazi, a highly influential figure within Tehran's political circles, served as an advisor to Iran's Supreme L...