Intelligence chief of Iranian Revolutionary Guard killed
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The intelligence chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps, general Majid Khademi, has been killed in a US-Israeli air strike. An Iranian statement said he'd been "martyred" in an attack at dawn. His unit had been accused by the United States of violently suppressing anti-government protests in January. Israel has claimed responsibility for the strike, and defence Minister Israel Katz says general Khademi was a key target. Also, NASA's Artemis Two mission has crossed a key threshold in space on its journey to slingshot around the Moon - the lunar "sphere of influence". It means the Moon's gravitational pull now takes over the trajectory of the Orion spacecraft. And India's Border Security Force has asked security officials on the border with Bangladesh to look at the feasibility of deploying crocodiles and snakes to prevent illegal migration and smuggling.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.3 | Hello, I'm Ankara, and at 15 hours GMT. |
| 0:14.6 | On Monday the 6th of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.3 | The Iranian authorities say the intelligence chief of the powerful revolutionary guards |
| 0:22.4 | has been killed in a U.S. Israeli airstrike. |
| 0:25.7 | Israel, meanwhile, says it's launched an attack on Iran's largest petrochemical plants. |
| 0:30.7 | Three people have been killed by a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Odessa, |
| 0:35.1 | including a mother and her two-year-old child. |
| 0:39.6 | Also, in this podcast, |
| 0:41.6 | When we show this show, a lot of guys who are in war right now, |
| 0:47.6 | they know after they injured and they all can do whatever they want. |
| 0:53.8 | The injured Ukrainian soldiers who overcome the horrors of war on a theater stand. injured and they all can do whatever they want. |
| 0:58.6 | The injured Ukrainian soldiers who overcome the horrors of war on a theatre stage. |
| 1:05.8 | And India's border security force is considering an unusual method to combat illegal migration and smuggling. But first, the clock is ticking and the threats are ramping up between Donald Trump and Iran, |
| 1:17.0 | with the US President's deadline to open the strait of Hormuz a matter of hours away. |
| 1:22.4 | More on that in just a moment. |
| 1:24.5 | First news that the Intelligence Chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards |
| 1:28.1 | Corps has been killed in a U.S. Israeli airstrike, according to Iranian state media. |
| 1:33.9 | The organization said General Marjid Hademi was martyred at dawn. Israel has claimed responsibility |
| 1:40.1 | and defense minister Israel Katz says he was a key target. |
| 1:44.1 | I've got to the head of the al-Matkal. and Defence Minister Israel Katz says he was a key target. |
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