Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps announced Monday that intelligence chief Majid Khademi died in what Tehran describes as a joint American-Israeli operation that took place during early morning hours in the Iranian capital.
The Revolutionary Guard stated that Khademi was “martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy … at dawn today,” according to Iranian media reports.
Israeli military sources reported that their air force carried out the nighttime operation in Tehran using detailed intelligence provided by Israel’s military intelligence division.
Khademi brought extensive military and security expertise to his role and held significant influence within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. He stepped into the intelligence position after Mohammad Khatami’s death and was tasked with collecting intelligence that informed Iran’s top leadership decision-making.
Israeli officials accused Khademi of orchestrating attacks on Israeli and Jewish facilities around the globe. They also alleged he participated in operations targeting Americans and directed monitoring of Iranian civilians to crush domestic demonstrations.
The Israeli military reported Sunday that they had also eliminated Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, who led commercial operations for the Revolutionary Guard’s petroleum division in Tehran.
Military sources said Ashrafi managed business operations for the unit that generates billions annually and was instrumental in building military strength for the Revolutionary Guard and its allied organizations, including the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas.
