Imam Khamenei Appoints Gha’ani as New Commander of IRGC Quds Force

By Staff, Agencies

Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Esmail Gha'ani as the new commander of IRGC Quds Force.

In a decree on Friday, Imam Khamenei noted that Brigadier General Gha'ani has been one of the prominent commanders during the eight years of Scared Defense and has been accompanying martyr General Qassem Soleimani in the past several years in the region.

“The plan of the force will exactly be the same as the plan during martyr Soleimani’s tenure,” Imam Khamenei stressed.

The IRGC confirmed on Friday that Quds Force commander General Soleimani has been assassinated in a US airstrikes on Friday at Baghdad airport. The Pentagon confessed in a statement that US President Donald Trump has ordered the attack.

All Iranian officials, atop of them Imam Khamenei, strongly condemned the terrorist act, and vowed to take revenge from US forces. Three days of public mourning have been announced across the country.

General Soleimani was among the key figures in the fight against terrorism in Syria and Iraq in the past years.