The
appoi tme ts
come
as
I a
seeks
to
ei fo ce
its
milita y
comma d
st uctu e
followi g
the
deaths
a d
displaceme t
of
se io
comma de s
du i g
the
co flict.
I a ’s
Sup eme
Leade
Ayatollah
Mojtaba
Hossei i
Khame ei
has
appoi ted
six
se io
comma de s
to
key
positio s
i
the
cou t y’s
milita y
establishme t,
filli g
top
posts
i
the
a med
fo ces,
Islamic
Revolutio a y
Gua d
Co ps
(IRGC),
IRGC
Navy
a d
Basij.Majo
Ge e al
Ali
Abdollahi
has
bee
amed
Chief
of
Staff
of
I a ’s
A med
Fo ces,
with
B igadie
Ge e al
Kiouma s
Heyda i
appoi ted
as
his
deputy,
acco di g
to
a
se ies
of
dec ees
issued
by
Khame ei.The
IRGC
will
also
get
a
ew
comma de .
B igadie
ge e al
Ahmad
Vahidi
has
bee
p omoted
to
the
a k
of
Majo
Ge e al
a d
appoi ted
as
the
fo ce’s
Comma de -i -Chief.
Majo
Ge e al
Mostafa
Izadi
will
se ve
as
his
deputy.The
eshuffle
also
cha ges
the
leade ship
of
two
key
IRGC-li ked
o ga isatio s.
Rea
Admi al
Ali
Azmaei
has
bee
appoi ted
to
head
the
IRGC
Navy,
while
Hojjatoleslam
Walmuslimi
Hossei
Taeb
will
lead
the
Basij
Resista ce
Fo ce.I a ’s
Sup eme
Leade ’s
office
said
the
appoi tme ts
we e
made
th ough
sepa ate
dec ees
setti g
out
the
ew
espo sibilities
of
the
comma de s.The
stateme t
said,
“Based
o
these
dec ees,
Majo
Ge e al
Ali
Abdollahi,
a
pilot
of
the
Revolutio a y
Gua ds,
was
appoi ted
as
the
Chief
of
Staff
of
the
A med
Fo ces,
a d
B igadie
Ge e al
Kiouma s
Heyda i
was
appoi ted
as
the
Deputy
Chief
of
Staff
of
the
A med
Fo ces.”
O
the
IRGC
leade ship,
it
said,
“Also,
B igadie
Ge e al
Ahmad
Vahidi
was
give
the
a k
of
Majo
Ge e al
a d
became
the
Comma de -i -Chief
of
the
Islamic
Revolutio a y
Gua d
Co ps,
a d
Majo
Ge e al
Mostafa
Izadi
assumed
the
espo sibility
of
succeedi g
the
Comma de -i -Chief
of
the
Co ps.”The
stateme t
added,
“Followi g
these
dec ees,
the
espo sibility
of
comma di g
the
IRGC
Navy
was
assig ed
to
Rea
Admi al
Ali
Azmaei,
a d
the
leade ship
of
the
Basij
Mostazafa
O ga isatio
was
assig ed
to
Hojjatoleslam
Walmuslimi
Hossei
Taeb.”The
appoi tme ts
a e
the
latest
i
a
se ies
of
se io
secu ity
a d
milita y
cha ges
a ou ced
by
Mojtaba
Khame ei.O
Su day,
he
appoi ted
fo me
IRGC
comma de
Mohse
Rezaee
as
his
ep ese tative
to
I a ’s
Sup eme
Natio al
Secu ity
Cou cil,
eplaci g
Mohammad
Baqi
Zolghad .I
the
dec ee,
a
accou t
att ibuted
to
Mojtaba
Khame ei
said,
“D
Mohse
Rezaee,
co side i g
you
valuable
expe ie ce,
I
am
he eby
appoi ti g
you,
who
we e
o e
of
the
fi st
comma de s
i
the
t iumpha t
8-Yea
Sac ed
Defe ce,
to
be
my
ep ese tative
i
the
Sup eme
Natio al
Secu ity
Cou cil.”The
post
was
p eviously
held
by
Ali
La ija i,
who
was
assassi ated
i
US-Is aeli
st ikes
i
Ma ch.The
latest
appoi tme ts
also
come
as
P eside t
Masoud
Pezeshkia
sought
to
dismiss
co ce s
ove
Khame ei’s
health.
Pezeshkia
said
the
Sup eme
Leade
was
“completely
healthy”
afte
what
he
desc ibed
as
a
“ve y
good
meeti g”
with
him,
ISNA
epo ted
o
Mo day.
