The head of the intelligence organization of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on Monday in a “terrorist attack by the American-Zionist (Israeli) enemy,” Iranian media said, citing a statement by the Guards.
Majid Khademi, who becomes the latest key figure killed in US-Israeli air strikes, took over in 2025 after Israeli air strikes killed his predecessor.
He spent decades in intelligence and counter-espionage roles while rising through Iran’s security apparatus.
Before his appointment, Khademi headed the Guards’ Intelligence Protection Organization, charged with internal surveillance and counter-intelligence, and held senior roles in Iran’s defence ministry.
The IRGC intelligence arm is one of Iran’s most powerful security bodies, with a central role in domestic surveillance to counter foreign influence, and often operating in parallel with the civilian intelligence ministry.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said his country’s military had been behind the strike, saying that it had been a response to Iran’s attacks on civilian areas in Israel.
Katz called Khademi “one of the direct perpetrators of these war crimes and one of the top three officials in the organization,” and said of Iran’s leaders: “We will continue to hunt them one by one.”
On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel began a large-scale military operation against Iran. The US-Israeli strikes killed a number of Iran’s front-line leaders, most notably Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Majid Khademi, who becomes the latest key figure killed in US-Israeli air strikes, took over in 2025 after Israeli air strikes killed his predecessor.
He spent decades in intelligence and counter-espionage roles while rising through Iran’s security apparatus.
Before his appointment, Khademi headed the Guards’ Intelligence Protection Organization, charged with internal surveillance and counter-intelligence, and held senior roles in Iran’s defence ministry.
The IRGC intelligence arm is one of Iran’s most powerful security bodies, with a central role in domestic surveillance to counter foreign influence, and often operating in parallel with the civilian intelligence ministry.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said his country’s military had been behind the strike, saying that it had been a response to Iran’s attacks on civilian areas in Israel.
Katz called Khademi “one of the direct perpetrators of these war crimes and one of the top three officials in the organization,” and said of Iran’s leaders: “We will continue to hunt them one by one.”
On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel began a large-scale military operation against Iran. The US-Israeli strikes killed a number of Iran’s front-line leaders, most notably Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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