Mehrdad Akhlaghi-Khajagi Appointed as Iran's New Defense Minister
Parliament speaker nominates Akhlaghi-Khajagi as defense minister following the killing of his predecessor.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
According to the agency, Khatibji, who was born in the city of Rasht in northern Iran in 1958, serves as a director in Iran’s defense industry sector. He previously headed the Shahid Bakri Industries Group and also served as chief executive officer of the Space Industries Organization.
It is worth noting that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian nominated Akhlaghi to the Islamic Consultative Assembly on October 5.
Last March, it was announced that Iranian Defense Minister Majid Alireza had been killed, two days after his appointment following the assassination of his predecessor, Aziz Nasirzadeh, in Israeli airstrikes on the capital, Tehran.
