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 ...
![With no agreement made on Iran's nuclear program, world powers will meet again in one week to continue talks. [timesofisrael]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/astonIran.jpg?itok=yw-hvNZp "With no agreement made on Iran's nuclear program, world powers will meet again in one week to continue talks. [timesofisrael]")
![William Hague, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Germany's foreign minister Guido Westerwelle and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton at the talks in Geneva. [Jean-Christophe Bott/AP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/gene.jpg?itok=d4Kj4bHA "William Hague, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Germany's foreign minister Guido Westerwelle and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton at the talks in Geneva. [Jean-Christophe Bott/AP]")
![Benjamin Netanyahu shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly last September. [AP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/bomb.jpg?itok=nLT59kmg "Benjamin Netanyahu shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly last September. [AP]")
![British Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to the press following his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Iran nuclear talks in Geneva, Nov. 9, 2013. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/france.jpg?itok=iQ3I25dp "British Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to the press following his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Iran nuclear talks in Geneva, Nov. 9, 2013. [Reuters]")
![US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [presstv.ir]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/obnat.jpg?itok=2oc1JgRV "US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [presstv.ir]")
![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at hotel in Geneva November 8, 2013, following his meeting wit U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. [REUTERS]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/224301_mainimg.jpg?itok=EevtJwho "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at hotel in Geneva November 8, 2013, following his meeting wit U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. [REUTERS]")
