The intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of Iran, Major General Seyed Majid Khademi, was today killed in an airstrike by the United States and Israel.
According to an official statement, IRGC has said that a strike at dawn killed Khademi. He had served for around 50 years and played important roles in intelligence and security services.
It said he was instrumental in tackling adversaries’ infiltration into Iran and efforts to undermine the regime’s security and stability.
Hours after the IRGC’s statement, Israel also confirmed killing Khademi.“Khademi worked to advance terrorist attacks worldwide, and was responsible for monitoring Iranian civilians as part of the regime’s suppression of internal protests,” the Israeli military said in a statement on X.
In a statement on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said Khademi “attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack by the US and Israeli enemies” early Monday.
It described Khademi as a “powerful and educated” general, who had “sincerely and bravely” protected Iran and its 1979 Islamic Revolution by serving in various intelligence and security positions.
He was named the IRGC intelligence chief in June last year, after his predecessor, Mohammad Kazemi, was killed during the 12-day war with Israel.