The ​head of the intelligence organisation of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 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 Organisation, 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.

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