Politics
Iranian parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaghi as defense minister
October 18, 2026 at 09:59 AM
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
مهرداد أخلاقي يتولى حقيبة الدفاع الإيرانية ويتوعد برد مفاجئ على أي هجوم جديد
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يواليوم السابع
البرلمان الإيراني يصدق على تعيين مهرداد أخلاقي وزيرا للدفاع
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SNSky News Arabia
بعد أشهر من الفراغ.. تعيين وزير دفاع جديد في إيران
(opens the publisher’s site)Iranian parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi as defense minister, ending months of temporary leadership at the ministry.
- Parliament approved Akhlaghi, former head of Iran's aviation and space industries organization, as defense minister on Sunday.
- The post had been vacant since previous minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was killed in US and Israeli strikes in late February.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian nominated Akhlaghi for the post on October 6.
- Acting defense minister Majid Ibn al-Reda said Iran's missile power changed the balance of confrontation against the United States.
- The parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi as defense minister with 237 votes in favor on Sunday.
- Akhlaghi warned that Tehran would respond with a 'surprise, wide-scale' military retaliation to any new US or Israeli attack.
- Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the armed forces have prepared a military plan 'more destructive than the two previous wars'.