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Iran Picks New Leader for Revolutionary Guards
[Financial Times-UK] Najmeh Bozorgmehrin - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has appointed a new commander for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Mohammad-Ali Jafari, 50, commanded the guards' land forces for 13 years and headed its strategic center for the past three years. Unlike his predecessor, Yahya Rahim Safavi, Jafari is not on the list of IRGC commanders who are subject to UN sanctions. Safavi, who served as IRGC commander for 10 years, will move to a new role as Khamenei's "assistant and senior adviser."