Majid Khademi: Intelligence chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed in US-Israeli airstrike

NewsWorldMiddle EastMajid Khademi: Intelligence chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed in US-Israeli airstrikeKhademi becomes latest key figure from Iranian leadership to be confirmed killed by strikesReuters Correspondents Monday 06 April 2026 10:16 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2952361","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/majid-khademi-iran-intelligence-chief-killed-revolutionary-guards-b2952361.html","title":"Intelligence chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed in US-Israeli airstrikes"}}Majid ⁠Khademi, who becomes the latest key figure ⁠killed in US-Israeli air strikes, ​took ⁠over as head of the IRGC's intelligence wing in 2025 ‌after Israeli air strikes killed his predecessor (Iranian state media)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/ima...