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Iran’s security chief Shamkhani replaced with Revolutionary Guard official
[IsraelTimes] After graft allegations, Shamkhani came under scrutiny due to ties to British-Iranian hanged in Iran who was accused of handing intel to UK, which allegedly passed it on to Israel. Iran’s president on Monday appointed a new official to take over the post of secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing the longtime powerful official Ali Shamkhani after he became implicated in a recent spy scandal. Shamkhani’s replacement will be Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the former chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s strategic center. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a decree replacing Shamkhani, who has faced persistent corruption allegations — which he denied — as well as scrutiny because of close ties with a British-Iranian man hanged on spying charges earlier this year in Iran. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-05-23 |
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