Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mostafa Khamenei has made appointments to the leadership of the military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), filling gaps left by the deaths of key commanders due to U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
According to Iran's state-run IRNA news agency on August 10, Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi as the new Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.
Abdollahi succeeds former Chief of Staff Abdolrahim Mousavi, who was killed in late February during the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.
Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.
Major General Ahmad Vahidi has been named the new Commander of the IRGC, with Brigadier General Mostafa Izadi serving as his Deputy.
Additionally, Major General Ali Azmaei has been appointed as the Commander of the IRGC Navy, and Hossein Taeb has been named the head of the Basij, a paramilitary organization under the IRGC.
Khamenei instructed the new military leadership to strengthen defensive and security capabilities and readiness. He emphasized the need to prepare for complex threats that combine traditional military attacks with cyber warfare and psychological operations, directing the integration of the General Staff and wartime operations command to unify the command structure.
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