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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
TEHRAN, June 14 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has appointed a new commander-in-chief of the army and commander of the aerospace force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
On Saturday, A. Khamenei appointed Majid Mousavi as the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr reported.
Mousavi, who previously served as deputy commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, was appointed to the post after his predecessor, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Tehran on Friday.
Also on Friday, the Iranian leader appointed former Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami as army commander-in-chief, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.
Khatami replaced Abdolrahim Mousavi, who was appointed chief of the general staff of the Iranian armed forces on Friday following the death of the incumbent Mohammad Bagheri in Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day.
On Friday morning, Israel launched airstrikes on the Iranian capital Tehran and other cities in the country.
In addition to M. Bagheri and A. A. Hajizade, the head of the IRGC, Hossein Salami, and the commander of the central headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces “Khatam al-Anbiya” /air defense forces headquarters/ Gholam Ali Rashid were also killed. –0–