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otherAug 18, 2026

Iran’s gutted ranks leave loyalists filling critical posts — with one glaring problem

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Iran’s gutted ranks leave loyalists filling critical posts — with one glaring problem

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  • currentsapi(Mixed)By Efrat Lachter

    Iran is rebuilding the upper ranks of its military and security establishment after months of wartime losses by turning largely to familiar veterans — figures whose careers in some cases stretch back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War and previous domestic crackdow

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