Slain IRGC spy chief led operations against Israel, US, IDF says

Iran has drafted its response to proposals conveyed through mediators and will announce it when necessary, the foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.

Esmaeil Baghaei said negotiations could not take place under threats, warning that US threats to target infrastructure would amount to war crimes.

He added that Iran’s focus remained on defending the country amid ongoing attacks, while diplomacy continued alongside military efforts.

The foreign ministry spokesman said proposals, including a 15-point US plan relayed via Pakistan and other countries, were “excessive, unusual and unreasonable” and not acceptable to Tehran.

Israel’s defense minister confirmed on Monday that the Israeli military had killed Major General Majid Khademi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards intelligence organization, in Tehran overnight.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had been informed by the military chief that Khademi was among the three most senior figures in the organization and was directly responsible for attacks on Israeli civilians.

The statement came after the IRGC said Khademi had been killed in a US-Israeli strike.

Katz said Israel would continue targeting senior Islamic Republic officials and infrastructure if missile fire on Israeli civilians continued.

A spokesperson for the unified command of Iran’s armed forces said Tehran had struck US New Camp on Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island, according to an Iranian statement.

Ebrahim Zolfaghari said Iran targeted satellite equipment and munitions on the island with drones, adding that US forces had relocated there from Arifjan camp after that base was repeatedly struck by Iran.

Bubiyan island is the largest of Kuwait's coastal islands chain, located in the northwest of the Persian Gulf.

The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization, Major General Majid Khademi, was killed in a US-Israeli strike, according to a Guards statement carried by Fars news agency on Monday.

The statement said Khademi had played a major role in Iran’s intelligence and security apparatus over nearly five decades.

It said funeral and burial arrangements would be announced later.

Iran is reviewing Pakistan’s proposal for an immediate ceasefire but is not open to a “temporary ceasefire,” a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.

The official said Tehran would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a temporary truce and viewed Washington as not ready for a permanent ceasefire.

The official also said Iran would not accept pressure to make a decision under deadlines.