Majid Khademi
مجید خادمی
Khademi in February 2026
Director of the IRGC Intelligence Organization
In office
2025–2026
President Masoud Pezeshkian
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Mojtaba Khamenei
Preceded by Mohammad Kazemi
Succeeded by Vacant
Director of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization
In office
2022–2026
President Ebrahim Raisi
Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
Masoud Pezeshkian
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Preceded by Mohammad Kazemi
Succeeded by Vacant
Director of the Information Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support [fa]
In office
2018–2022
President Hassan Rouhani
Ebrahim Raisi
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Preceded by Asghar Mirjafari [fa]
Succeeded by Rahim Yacoubi
Personal details
Born
Iran
Died (2026-04-06)6 April 2026
Tehran, Iran
Cause of death Assassination by airstrike
Military service
Allegiance  Iran
Branch/service IRGC
Years of service ?–2026
Rank Major general
Battles/wars
  • Iran–Iraq War
  • Syrian civil war
    • Iranian intervention in Syria
  • War in Iraq (2013–2017)
    • Iranian intervention in Iraq
  • 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
  • Twelve-Day War
  • 2026 Iran war †

Majid Khademi (Persian: مجید خادمی; died 6 April 2026) was an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who served as head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization from 2022 and of the IRGC Intelligence Organization from 2025 until his assassination in an Israeli airstrike during the 2026 Iran war.

Khademi also appeared in media reports under the name Majid Hosseini; his exact legal name has not been publicly clarified.[1]

Early life and education

Majid Khademi held dual PhDs, in national security and in strategic defense sciences.[2][3]

Career

Following the establishment of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, Khademi was mentioned in some reports as a potential successor to Hossein Taeb, who headed the organization at the time, a role with which Khademi was associated until at least 2014.[citation needed]

In May 2018, he was appointed head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics [fa], replacing Asghar Mirjafari [fa], and served in this position until 2022.[1][4][5]

In June 2022, he was appointed head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization, with his induction ceremony held on 29 July 2022.[1][6][2]

On 19 June 2025, Khademi was appointed head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, succeeding Mohammad Kazemi, who was killed alongside other IRGC officers in Israeli airstrikes on 15 June during the Twelve-Day War.[7][8]

Death

Khademi was killed in Tehran in an Israeli airstrike on 6 April 2026, during the 2026 Iran war.[9][10] Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei condemned the assassination, praising Khademi as "self-effacingly struggling on the path of God for decades in the fields of the nation’s security, intelligence, and defense."[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c ""مجید خادمی رئیس حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه شد"" [Majid Khademi (Hosseini), Head of IRGC Intelligence protection] (in Persian). BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  2. ^ a b ""سرلشکر سلامی: صهیونیست‌ها در دیوارهای بتنی خود محبوس شده‌اند/ سردار خادمی رئیس سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه شد"" [Major General Salami: The Zionists are trapped in their own concrete walls/Sardar Khademi becomes head of the IRGC's Intelligence Protection Organization]. www.tasnimnews.com (in Persian).
  3. ^ "Who Is Majid Khademi, Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Intel Chief, Killed By US?". www.oneindia.com. 6 April 2026. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  4. ^ ""رئیس سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات وزارت دفاع منصوب شد"" [Continuation of security changes; Majid Khademi becomes head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization]. dolat.ir (in Persian).
  5. ^ ""یک استان فارسی به ریاست سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه منصوب شد"". ayenefars.ir (in Persian). 22 July 2022.[permanent dead link]|
  6. ^ ""ادامه تغییرات امنیتی؛ مجید خادمی رئیس سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران شد"" [Continuation of security changes; Majid Khademi becomes head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organizationv]. www.radiofarda.com (in Persian).
  7. ^ "General Majid Khademi appointed as new chief of IRGC intelligence organization". Tehran Times. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Israel-Iran conflict LIVE: Israel strikes dozens of military targets in Iran, including nuclear research site". www.thehindu.com.
  9. ^ "IRGC intelligence chief killed in attack, Guards say". Iran International. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  10. ^ "Israel kills IRGC intelligence chief in Tehran strike". ynetglobal. 6 April 2026. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  11. ^ "Update by Ephrat Livni". The New York Times. 6 April 2026. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
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