August 10th, 2026 - 05:40 GMT
ALBAWABA- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei formally appointed six senior military commanders, consolidating wartime leadership structures amid ongoing US-Iran tensions, stalled efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and a recent meeting between the Iranian president and the supreme leader. The decrees replace or formalize roles left vacant or interim after the killings of several top officers in the US-Israeli strikes that began the conflict on 28 February 2026 ...
![Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif insists on Iran's right to enrich. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450549401.jpg?itok=fAVsKP9f "Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif insists on Iran's right to enrich. [AFP]")
![Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves the Intercontinental Hotel on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program, on November 9, 2013 in Geneva.[AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/187446215_1.jpg?itok=VXdfS92b "Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves the Intercontinental Hotel on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program, on November 9, 2013 in Geneva.[AFP]")
![US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/164146177.jpg?itok=kkwL8N3h "US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends talks flanked by members of his delegation during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 22, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451309145.jpg?itok=5oCfUgmV "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends talks flanked by members of his delegation during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 22, 2013. [AFP]")
![Intercontinental Hotel during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/451063373.jpg?itok=L7GgDLo5 "Intercontinental Hotel during talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Geneva on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![The head of Lebanon's militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech during a massive Shiite Muslim commemoration in southern Beirut on November 14, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187967019.jpg?itok=J7R9t72m "The head of Lebanon's militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech during a massive Shiite Muslim commemoration in southern Beirut on November 14, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![Students form a human chain around the Fordo nuclear plant in Qom, to show their support for Iran's nuclear programme. [CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450566997.jpg?itok=PSVk9FOV "Students form a human chain around the Fordo nuclear plant in Qom, to show their support for Iran's nuclear programme. [CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI/Getty Images]")
![US Senator Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, talks with reporters at the White House after a meeting on Iran with President Obama in Washington, DC, November 19, 2013. [JIM WATSON/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450566753.jpg?itok=-spEO9WX "US Senator Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, talks with reporters at the White House after a meeting on Iran with President Obama in Washington, DC, November 19, 2013. [JIM WATSON/Getty Images]")
