The intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed overnight on Monday, the latest blow to senior Iranian leadership since the United States and Israel began the war against Iran in late February.
The intelligence chief, Major General Seyed Majid Khademi, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran, Israel’s defense minister said on Monday. Iran’s state broadcaster had earlier reported that Mr. Khademi had been “killed in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy.”
Israel has killed a number of Iran’s most senior officials, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader, and Ali Larijani, a top national security official who had effectively been running Iran.
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, described Mr. Khademi as one of the top three leaders of the Revolutionary Guards. He vowed that Israel would continue to target senior Iranian officials, saying in a statement that it would “hunt them down, one by one.”
Mr. Khademi was one of several Iranian officials who occupied their post for only a few months, as Israel has ramped up its killing of top Iranian generals, senior officials and nuclear scientists. He was appointed in June after his predecessor and his deputy were killed in an airstrike during a 12-day war with Israel.
Aaron Boxerman contributed reporting from Jerusalem.
Amelia Nierenberg is a Times reporter covering international news from London.
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