Pakistan, Aug. 10 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed several senior military commanders to key positions in the country's armed forces.

According to Iranian media, Major General Ali Abdollahi has been appointed chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. Amir Kioumars Heidari was named deputy chief of the General Staff.

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Major General Ahmad Vahidi has been appointed commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Major General Mostafa Izadi was named deputy commander of the IRGC.

Hojatoleslam Taeb was also given a new responsibility as head of Iran's Basij organisation. The appointments affect several senior positions across Iran's m...