New Commander Appointed To Lead IRGC Intel Body

June 23 2022

Iran

The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has named a new commander for its intelligence organization, reports Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency (Tehran).

On Thursday, the IRGC announced that Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami had appointed Gen. Mohammad Kazemi to lead IRGC intelligence.

He succeeds Hojjatoleslam Hossein Taeb, a cleric who had held the post since the intelligence organization was established in 2009.

Salami appointed Taeb as one of his advisers.

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