Iran names replacements for commanders killed in Israeli strikes

An Iranian protester holds up a poster of Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri, who was killed in an Israeli strike, in an anti-Israeli gathering in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. AP/PTI(AP06_13_2025_000142B)
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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has replaced two top military commanders killed in a wave of Israeli strikes on Friday (June 13, 2025).

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State TV said he tapped Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi as the new head of the armed forces, replacing Gen. Mohammad Bagheri. Mousavi was previously the top army commander.

Mr. Khamenei chose Mohammad Pakpour to lead the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, replacing Gen. Hossein Salami.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, created after its 1979 Islamic Revolution, is one of the main power centres within the country’s theocracy.