Newly appointed Iranian defence minister Mehrdad Akhlaghi threatened on Sunday to inflict “enormous damage” on the United States and its allies in the Middle East if Washington resumes its military campaign against the country.
“If they (the US) do, they themselves and the region will suffer enormous damage. Earlier reporting noted: Iran Gets New Defence Minister 8 Months After Predecessor Killed In US Strikes Iran Gets New Defence Minister 8 Months After Predecessor Killed In US Strikes Iran Gets New Defence Minister 8 Months After Predecessor Killed In US Strikes Earlier reporting noted: Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi as the country’s new defence minister, replacing his predecessor who was killed on the first day of the war with the United States.
“People can rest assured that they will most likely not dare to attack us,” Akhlaghi told reporters shortly after securing parliament’s vote of confidence. “Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) today gave a vote of confidence to Mehrdad Akhlaghi, the nominee for minister of defence and armed forces logistics,” state television reported, nearly eight months after the initial US-Israeli strikes that sparked the conflict. Akhlaghi “was elected to the post with 237 votes in favour”, out of a total of 277 votes cast, according to the government website. “If I receive parliament’s vote of confidence, responsibility for the Ministry of Defence will fall to me at a sensitive juncture,” Akhlaghi said before the vote, according to the ISNA news agency.
Iranian lawmakers had earlier approved Akhlaghi’s appointment as the country’s new defence minister, after his predecessor was killed on the first day of the war with the United States.
