Iran says its Revolutionary Guard intelligence chief was killed in a US-Israeli attack, escalating regional tensions amid ongoing conflict.
ISTANBUL: Iran announced on Monday that the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organisation was killed in what it described as a US-Israeli attack.
State broadcaster IRIB, citing an IRGC statement, reported that Maj. Gen. Seyed Majid Khademi was “martyred” in the strike.
Khademi had been appointed to lead the IRGC’s intelligence arm in June 2025 following the killing of his predecessor, Gen. Mohammad Kazemi, in an earlier Israeli strike.
Regional tensions have been high since the US and Israel launched a joint offensive against Iran on Feb. 28, which has so far resulted in over 1,340 fatalities, including the then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries hosting US military assets, causing casualties and infrastructure damage while disrupting global markets and aviation.