TEHRAN: Significant changes have been made in the top military leadership in Iran after the Israeli attacks. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi as the new Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.
According to the Iranian news agency “Mehr News”, Mousavi has previously served as commander of the Iranian army and has been entrusted with this responsibility in a critical situation of national security.
Under the same decree, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour has been appointed as the new commander of the Revolutionary Guards. He was previously the commander of the ground forces of the Revolutionary Guards.
Following the martyrdom of Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, Brigadier General Ali Shadmani has been promoted to the rank of Major General and appointed as the new commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
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These appointments come at a time when Israel has recently carried out major attacks on Iran’s nuclear and military sites, in which several senior Iranian military figures have been martyred.
These new appointments are being seen as part of Iran’s counter-strategy.
