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Strike kills IRGC intelligence chief, Iranian state media reports

By Emanuel Fabian 6 April 2026, 10:49 am
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Majid Khademi. (CC by khamenei.ir)
Majid Khademi. (CC by khamenei.ir)

The chief of intelligence in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been killed in a strike, the IRGC announces.

Majid Khademi served as head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the IRGC and the Intelligence Organization of the IRGC.

In a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency, the IRGC announces Khademi’s death following an airstrike this morning.

There is no immediate comment from Israel on the strike.

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