Tehran Leadership-Pressure Phase

Day 38 confirmed the killing of Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, Iran's Revolutionary Guard intelligence chief, in a US-Israeli strike on Tehran. The elimination was unprecedented in its official confirmation: Iran's own state media and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued a rare written personal statement mourning Khademi as joining a steadfast line of warriors and fighters. The same evening, the IDF announced intensive strikes on IRGC central headquarters, IRGC Air Force headquarters, ballistic missile storage and launch sites, and air defense manufacturing facilities. Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared in public since succeeding his father as Supreme Leader last month.

Key facts

• •Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, IRGC intelligence chief, confirmed killed — Mojtaba Khamenei issued rare personal mourning statement
• •Khademi headed IRGC intelligence: internal security, counterintelligence, and external operations coordination
• •Israeli strikes have killed dozens of senior Iranian military officials including Khamenei's father
• •IDF intensive Tehran strikes: IRGC central HQ, IRGC Air Force HQ, missile sites, air defense manufacturing
• •Mojtaba Khamenei not seen in public since succeeding his father as Supreme Leader last month
• •Four IDF soldiers arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran — counterintelligence failure at critical moment