Iran’s parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaqi Ketabchi as the country’s new defense minister Earlier, President Masoud Pezeshkian said he hopes his US-sanctioned

Iran’s parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaqi Ketabchi as the country’s new defense minister Earlier, President Masoud Pezeshkian said he hopes his US-sanctioned defense minister can ‘survive,’ claiming that he is also on US ‘assassination list’