Supreme Leader appoints new deputy chief of Armed Forces

Tehran, May 24, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Commander-in-Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a decree on Sunday appointed Brigadir General Akbar Ebrahim-Zadeh as the new Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces for Basij (Voluntary Forces) Affairs.

In the decree, the Supreme Leader praised the good record of service of Ebrahim-Zadeh in various positions.

The Supreme Leader also thanked the former deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces for basij affairs Brigadier General Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr for his sincere services in the post./end