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| Iran's Khamenei appoints Soleimani's deputy as head of Quds Forces | Iran's Khamenei appoints Soleimani's deputy as head of Quds Forces |
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| Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani was appointed to lead Iran’s elite Quds Force after its previous commander, Major General Qassem Soleimani, was killed in a US airstrike on Friday. | |
| The unit’s program “will stay exactly the same” as it was under Soleimani, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said, as quoted by Tasnim News Agency. | |
| Ghaani has served as Soleimani’s second-in-command. | |
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