- Majid Khademi, head of the intelligence organisation of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed on Monday.
- Iranian media, citing the Guards, attributed Mr Khademi's death to a “terrorist attack by the American-Zionist (Israeli) enemy”.
- Mr Khademi had assumed his role in 2025 after his predecessor was also killed in Israeli air strikes; he is the latest key figure to die in such attacks.
- 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.
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