The Latest Blows to Iran’s Leadership
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Major General Seyed Majid Khademi, intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran, according to Israel’s defense minister.
- Israel has targeted and killed several of Iran’s senior officials since the start of the war, including former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top national security official Ali Larijani.
- Khademi was considered one of the top three leaders of the Revolutionary Guards and had only held his position for a few months amid increased Israeli operations against Iranian leaders.
- The targeted killings reflect Israel’s intensified campaign against key Iranian military and nuclear figures.
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