BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 2. Iranian President
Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed General Seyed Majid Ibn Al-Reza as
the new head of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics,
Trend
reports.
Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Tabatabai, Deputy Director of
Communications and Information Services at the Iranian Presidential
Office, announced the news via his official X page.
It was noted that General Seyed Mohammad Ibn Al-Reza had
previously been serving as acting defense minister.
The escalation follows the 3rd round of nuclear talks between
Iran and the United States in Geneva on February 26. Held under the
administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the negotiations
were viewed as the final chance to strike a deal diplomatically.
However, no agreements were reached, as Tehran refused to halt
uranium enrichment, dismantle its nuclear facilities, or accept
indefinite restrictions on its nuclear program. Israel launched its
airstrikes shortly afterward, with the country's Defense Minister
Katz emphasizing that the operations were preemptive.
In a significant escalation, military airstrikes conducted by
Israel and the United States the previous day have reportedly
resulted in the deaths of Iran’s Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei
and several members of his family.
Additionally, several of Iran’s most senior military and
security officials were killed in the airstrikes, including Chief
of Staff Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Pakpour, Supreme
Leader adviser and Defense Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani, and
Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh.
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