The intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran, Majid Khademi, was killed in a strike by US and Israeli forces, according to the IRGC press service.

"The head of the IRGC's intelligence organization, Majid Khademi, was killed this morning as a result of an American-Zionist [i.e. Israeli] attack," Monday’s statement said, Fars news agency reports.