Majid Khademi (IRGC Chief) Death, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Majid Khademi

• Majid Khademi, or Majid Hosseini, was a long-time employee of the Iranian security and intelligence set-up in various senior capacities.

• He had two doctorates, one in national security, and the other in strategic defense sciences.

• His real name was a tightly held secret in the circles of IRGC.

• Since about 2014, Khademi has been associated with a potential successor to Hossein Taeb, who was the leader of the IRGC Intelligence Organization at that time.

• He had a long history of counter-espionage and obtaining military and nuclear programs, which made him an automatic candidate at the time itself.

• He succeeded Asghar Mirjafari as the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics in May 2018.

• He served in this position up until 2022. In June 2022, he was appointed to lead the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization.

• On 29 July 2022, he was formally inducted. In this capacity, he worked on internal surveillance and counter-espionage in the IRGC.
  

  Majid Khademi during a meeting

• His predecessor Mohammad Kazemi was killed by Israeli airstrikes on 15 June 2025, during what was called the Twelve-Day War.

• On 19 June 2025, Khademi replaced Kazemi as the head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization directly.

• On 6 April 2026, Tehran was airstriked by Israeli forces. In one of these strikes, Khademi succumbed to death.

• Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz made the confirmation of the killing following a meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Lt Gen Eyal Zamir.

• The Supreme Leader of Iran Mojtaba Khamenei denounced the assassination and praised the decades of service of Khademi in the national security, intelligence and defence.

• The IRGC referred to the strike as a terrorist attack and held the United States and Israel responsible.

• By the time of his death, there were already diplomatic efforts underway to have a ceasefire 45 days between Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey.

• US President Donald Trump had threatened to target additional Iranian infrastructure, should no agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz be achieved before his deadline on 7 April 2026.