TEHRAN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has appointed the new chief commanders of the army and the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
The leader on Saturday appointed Seyed Majid Mousavi as the chief commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Division, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported.
Mousavi, who used to serve as the force's deputy commander, was promoted to the position after the division's former chief commander, Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday.
Also on Friday, the Iranian leader appointed Amir Hatami, former Iranian defense minister, as the army's chief commander, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Hatami replaced Abdolrahim Mousavi, who was appointed on Friday chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces after the death of Mohammad Bagheri, who used to serve at the post, in the Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day.
Israel early Friday launched airstrike on the Iranian capital Tehran and other cities across the country.
In addition to Bagheri and Hajizadeh, IRGC's Chief Commander Hossein Salami and Gholam-Ali Rashid, commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, were also killed in the Israeli airstrikes. Enditem
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