{"id":57919,"date":"2026-04-07T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=57919"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:40:29","slug":"majid-khademi-killed-israel-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/majid-khademi-killed-israel-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"IRGC Intelligence Chief Majid Khademi Killed in Israel Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #f7fafc; padding: 15px;\">\n<p><strong>Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Majid Khademi, the head of IRGC Intelligence, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>The strike on Khademi coincided with attacks on Iran&#8217;s critical South Pars gas complex, threatening 70% of the country&#8217;s gas supply.<\/li>\n<li>Despite losing several top-tier commanders, the IRGC maintains operational continuity through its decentralized command structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>TEHRAN (Azat TV) \u2013 Major General Majid Khademi, the influential head of the Intelligence Organisation of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Monday, according to multiple state media reports and confirmation from Israeli officials. His death represents a major blow to Iran\u2019s security apparatus as the conflict with Israel and the United States continues to intensify.<\/p>\n<h2>Targeting Iran&#8217;s Intelligence Leadership<\/h2>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the operation, stating that the strike was part of an ongoing campaign to eliminate the leadership of what he termed terrorist entities. &#8220;The Revolutionary Guards are shooting at civilians and we are eliminating the leaders of the terrorists,&#8221; Katz said. &#8220;Iran&#8217;s leaders live with a sense of being targeted. We will continue to hunt them down one by one.&#8221; The IRGC, in a statement released via their Telegram channel, described Khademi as having been &#8220;martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Broader Escalation and Energy Infrastructure Strikes<\/h2>\n<p>Khademi\u2019s death occurred amid a wave of coordinated strikes across Iran, including significant attacks on the South Pars gas complex at Asaluyeh. The facility, which accounts for approximately 70% of Iran&#8217;s gas supply, was hit by Israeli forces on Monday, further straining the country\u2019s economic and energy stability. Simultaneously, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that recent strikes occurred within 75 meters of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, raising international alarm regarding potential radioactive risks.<\/p>\n<h2>Impact on IRGC Command Structure<\/h2>\n<p>Khademi, who had previously served in high-ranking security roles within the Ministry of Defense and the IRGC, was considered a central figure in Iran&#8217;s intelligence community. His death follows the recent losses of other senior officials, including security chief Ali Larijani and commander-in-chief Mohammad Pakpour. Despite the systematic targeting of its top brass, analysts note that the IRGC\u2019s decentralized command structure has historically allowed the regime to maintain operational continuity in its ongoing military campaigns across the region.<\/p>\n<p><em>The killing of Majid Khademi, coupled with the direct targeting of Iran&#8217;s critical energy infrastructure at South Pars, signals a decisive shift toward dismantling the functional capacity of the Islamic Republic&#8217;s security and economic engines, moving beyond symbolic strikes into a phase of structural attrition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Majid Khademi, head of IRGC Intelligence, was killed in an Israeli strike. The attack marks a critical moment in escalating regional tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[585,14072,54425,3232],"class_list":["post-57919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","tag-irgc","tag-israel-iran-conflict","tag-majid-khademi","tag-middle-east"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/irgc-intelligence-emblem.jpg","_embedded":{"wp:featuredmedia":[{"id":-1,"source_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/irgc-intelligence-emblem.jpg","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58907,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57919\/revisions\/58907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}