
1 min readKochiUpdated: Apr 6, 2026 06:23 PM IST
As the US-Israel Iran war rages on, Israel has claimed that the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s unit Quds Force, Asghar Bakeri has been killed, Al Jazeera reported.
Iran has yet to comment on this development.
Earlier in the day, Israeli air strike in Tehran killed Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for the IRGC. A senior intelligence and counter-espionage official, Khademi had assumed the role in 2025 after his predecessor was killed in a similar strike, having previously led the Guards’ Intelligence Protection Organisation and held senior defence ministry posts.
Both Bakeri, Khademi joined the long list of top Iranian leaders and defence officials killed since the beginning of the war on February 28, such as former Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Esmail Khatib, ex-Iran intelligence minister.
On the 38th day of the war, more than 25 people have been killed in Tehran in a fresh wave of attacks launched by US and Israel and one of the airstrikes hit South Pars natural gas field. Tehran retaliated with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors.
With inputs from AP, Reuters
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