Ali Abdollahi

Who are Tehran’s newly appointed military, IRGC chiefs? - explainer

Ali Abdollahi was appointed as chief of staff of Iran's Armed Forces, with Kioumars Heydari named as his deputy.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, JAMES GENN
An Iranian Shiite Muslim pilgrim walks past banners of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his son, the current supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as he enters Iraq through the Shalamjah (Shalamcheh) border crossing in Basra province On July 23, 2026; illustrative