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Iran names Esmail Qaani as new Commander

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named the Deputy Head of the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations arm Esmail Qaani to replace Qasem Soleimani as its commander. Soleimani was killed in a pre-dawn US strike in Baghdad. Qaani was one of the most decorated commanders of the Guards during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

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  • Iran Capital: Tehran; Currency of Iran: Rial; President of Iran: Hassan Rouhani.

Source: The News on AIR

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