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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has appointed Habibollah Sayyari as interim Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and Ahmad Vahidi as the new Revolutionary Guards commander.

Axar.az informs the information was reported by Iranian media.

They will replace Mohammad Bagheri and Hossein Salami, who were killed in Israeli attacks.

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The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed the former Army commander as the new chief of the staff of the Iranian armed forces and General Mohammad Pakpour as the new IRGC chief.

According to Mehr News, the former Army commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi became the new Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces after the former chief of staff Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri was killed earlier today in an airstrike by Israel early on Friday.

He also appointed Brigadier-General Mohammad Pakpour, the former Commander of IRGC Ground Forces, as the new commander-in-chief of the IRGC after former commander Major General Hossein Salami was killed in the Israeli attack earlier on Friday.

Moreover, following the death of Major general Gholam Ali Rashid, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution awarded the rank of Major General to Brigadier General Ali Shadmani and appointed him as the new commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.