Majid Khademi

Majid Khademi (Persian: مجید خادمی) is a Brigadier General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who is serving as the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, since 2022.

Majid Khademi
Native name	مجید خادمی
Born	Iran
Allegiance	Iran
Branch	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization

On 19 June 2025, Khademi was appointed as the new head of its intelligence division. He replaced Mohammad Kazemi, who was killed other Revolutionary Guards officers from Israeli airstrikes on 15 June during the Iran-Israel war.^[1][2]

Biography

From 2018 to 2022 he served as the head of the Information Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support [fa], replacing Asghar Mirjafari [fa] that year.^[3]

His appointment as the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was first reported by some news outlets in Iran on 26 June 2022.^[4][5] His induction ceremony was held on 29 July 2022. Khademi holds a PhD in National Security and a PhD in Strategic Defense Sciences.^[6]

After the establishment of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Khademi was referred to as the potential successor to Hossein Taeb, the then head of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, at least until 2014. He also served as the successor to the IRGC Intelligence Service for a while. He was appointed as the head of the Information Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support in May 2018.^[7] He replaced Asghar Mirjafari [fa] that year.^[4]

Majid Khademi has appeared in the media sometimes under the name Majid Khademi and sometimes under the name Majid Hosseini. It is not known exactly what his real name is.^[4]