Iran Confirms IRGC Intelligence Chief Killed in Strikes

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed on Monday that Major General Majid Khademi, head of its intelligence organization, was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes targeting the country. The strikes, which occurred at dawn, also resulted in the deaths of other senior IRGC officials, including Behnam Rezaei, deputy intelligence chief of the IRGC Navy, and Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, head of the IRGC Navy, according to Iranian state media and Israeli military statements.

The IRGC described Khademi's death as part of a "criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy." Khademi had assumed leadership of the intelligence arm in June 2025 after his predecessor was killed in an earlier Israeli strike. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the elimination of Khademi, stating that Israeli forces were targeting IRGC leaders responsible for attacks on civilians. "We will continue to hunt them down one by one," Katz said, adding that the operations had severely damaged Iran's steel and petrochemical industries, which officials allege fund the IRGC's weapons production.

The airstrikes extended beyond leadership targets, hitting sites across Iran, including Tehran, Qom,...