Iran's parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaqi as minister of defense
The approval ends months of interim leadership and puts a 42-year defence official in charge of rebuilding Iran’s military-industrial base.
- On Sunday, Iran's parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlachi Ketabchi as defense minister with 237 votes in favor out of 277 cast, ending months of interim leadership at the ministry.
- Akhlachi replaces interim leader Majid Ebn al-Reza following the February death of former Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh in a US-Israeli strike that killed senior military commanders.
- Subject to United Nations sanctions since 2007 for alleged ballistic missile involvement, Akhlachi has spent 42 years in Iran's defense ministry and pledged to rebuild military-industrial infrastructure.
- CNN reported this week that the United States developed strike plans using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, known as the "mother of all bombs," targeting Iranian nuclear sites if President Donald Trump orders renewed combat operations.
- Akhlachi warned that if the President "drops a single bomb, he will have to see how many of his troops end up being carried out of the region in a horizontal position," while Tehran claims it has taken necessary measures to counter potential US attacks.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced the appointment of "Mehrdad Akhlaghi," a close associate of the founder of Iran's missile force, the martyr Taharani Moghadam, as Minister of Defense
The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced the appointment of "Mehrdad Akhlaghi," a close associate of the founder of Iran's missile force, the martyr Taharani Moghadam, as Minister of Defense
Iran chose on Sunday a defence minister, Mehrdad Akhlaghi, eight months after the death of his predecessor killed at the end of February, on the first day of the war in the Middle East. ...
Iran Parliament Approves New Defense Minister
Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi as the country's new defense minister, replacing his predecessor who was killed on the first day of the war with the United States. "Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly today gave vote of confidence to Mehrdad Akhlaghi, the nominee for minister of defense and armed forces logistics," state television reported, nearly eight months after the initial US-Israeli strikes that sparked the …
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