Iran's new military appointments signal offensive strategy: Analysis

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed six senior military commanders to new positions, including Ali Abdollahi as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Ahmad Vahidi as commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Hossein Taeb as head of the Basij paramilitary force. Former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei was also appointed as Khamenei's new representative to the Supreme National Security Council. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Professor Mostafa Khoshcheshm of t