PoliticalIran·Unpinned18 Oct 2026
Iran Parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaghi as defence minister
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On October 18, Iran's parliament confirmed Mehrdad Akhlaghi as the new defence minister with 237 votes in favour out of 277 cast. Akhlaghi replaces former minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike on a leadership compound on February 28 alongside former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The appointment follows eight months of…
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