As the mediations for a ceasefire between Iran and the US continue, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief of intelligence, Majid Khademi, was killed by an Israeli-US strike on Monday.
IRGC announced in a statement that the deceased leader served as the Intelligence Protection Organization and the Intelligence Organization of the military outfit.
Tasnim news agency carried the IRGC statement confirming the death of Khademi in an early morning airstrike.
US and Iran have killed scores of high-profile Iranian officials since the start of the war, including the supreme leader of the country, Ali Khamenei, and Ali Larijani. Khademi was considered the most prominent person in Iran after the killing of several high-ranking officials.
The United States and Iran have received the framework of a plan to end hostilities, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to rain “hell” on Tehran if it did not make a deal, although Iran said it would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz as part of a temporary ceasefire.
The peace plan involves a two-tier approach with an immediate ceasefire followed by a comprehensive agreement. Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been in contact “all night long” with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, a source aware of the proposals said on Monday.
Iran won’t reopen the Strait as part of a temporary ceasefire, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, adding that Iran won’t accept deadlines as it reviews the proposal.
Axios first reported on Sunday that the United States, Iran and regional mediators were discussing a potential 45-day ceasefire as part of a two-phase deal that could lead to a permanent end to the war, citing U.S., Israeli and regional sources.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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