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Iran says IRGC intelligence chief Majid Khademi killed in US-Israeli strike
Iranian state media said the strike killed Majid Khademi, who led the IRGC intelligence arm and had held the post since June 2025.
- On Monday, April 6, 2026, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that Majid Khademi, its intelligence chief, was killed in dawn airstrikes in Tehran, with the IRGC blaming the US and Israel for the attack.
- Strikes across Iran, including residential areas in Tehran, Qom, and Eslamshar, killed more than 25 people between Sunday and Monday, part of an ongoing conflict initiated on February 28, 2026.
- Defence Minister Israel Katz stated the strikes aim to "crush the Iranian national infrastructure," adding that Israel has "severely damaged" Iran's steel and petrochemical industries to erode military capabilities.
- Mediators from Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey submitted a 45-day ceasefire proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran rejected a temporary truce, demanding a permanent solution instead.
- The IRGC announced it is completing preparations to enforce new operating conditions in the Strait of Hormuz, warning that conditions "will never return to its former status, especially for the US and Israel.
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Israel Kills Top Iranian Revolutionary Guards Intel Chief
Iran's top spy chief is dead, the latest senior figure to be killed as the war between Israel, the US, and Iran grinds on. Major General Seyed Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, was killed overnight in Tehran in what Israel's defense minister called an...
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Israel says it killed the head of intelligence for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said: “Iran’s leaders live with a sense of being targeted. We will continue to hunt them down one by one.”
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IRGC Intelligence Chief Majid Khademi Eliminated in Precision Strike | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
Iran’s top intelligence figure inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Majid Khademi, has been killed in a targeted early-morning airstrike.
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