Iran's Leader Appoints Six Senior Armed Forces Commanders in Separate Decrees

Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, Iran's commander in chief, issued separate decrees on Monday, 19 Mordad 1405 (August 10, 2026), changing the leadership of six senior commanders and officials across the Armed Forces General Staff, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij Resistance Force. According to Mehr News Agency and Ecoiran, the decrees named Major General Ali Abdollahi as head of the Armed Forces General Staff and Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari as his deputy.

Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, promoted to major general, was named commander of the IRGC, with Major General Mostafa Izadi as his deputy. Rear Admiral Ali Ozmayi was appointed commander of the IRGC Navy, and Hojjat al-Islam Hossein Taeb was named head of the Basij Resistance Force. Donya-e-Eqtesad, which also carried the decrees the same day, reported that the changes come in the middle of Iran's five month war with the United States and Israel and amid Iran-Oman talks over reopening the Strait of Hormuz.