{"id":124551,"date":"2026-08-11T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=124551"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:37:51","slug":"irans-supreme-leader-appoints-six-senior-military-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/irans-supreme-leader-appoints-six-senior-military-commanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Appoints Six Senior Military Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"267\"><strong>Tehran:<\/strong> Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders to key positions within the Armed Forces General Staff, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"442\">According to Iranian media, Ahmad Vahidi has been promoted to the rank of major general and appointed commander-in-chief of the IRGC, with Mostafa Izadi named as his deputy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"573\">Rear Admiral Ali Azmaei has been appointed commander of the IRGC Navy, while Hossein Taeb has been named head of the Basij Force.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"711\">Major General Ali Abdollahi has been appointed chief of the Armed Forces, with Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari serving as his deputy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"893\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Earlier, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as his political adviser and Dr Mohsen Rezaei as his representative to the Supreme National Security Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran: Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders to key positions within the Armed Forces General Staff, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij. 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