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CIA • 1988

RAFSANJANI NAMED CHIEF COMMANDER OF IRANIAN FORCES

Rafsanjani Named Chief Commander Of Iranian Forces "By PatricE. Tyler Washington Post Foreign Service CAIRO, Egypt, June 2-Iran's powerful speaker ' of parliament, Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, today assumed the role as commander-in-chief of Iran's armed forces with a mandate from ,- Ayatollah` Ruhollah Khomeini to re- organize the military after two se- rious defeats in the land war with Iraq and a costly naval clash with the United States. '~hran Radio and Iran's state news agen'c...
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Nov 4, 2016
Released
Jun 22, 1998
Publication
Jun 3, 1988
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CIA-RDP96-00789R000301330003-9

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Document Type

CREST

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STARGATE

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RIPPUB

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3

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1 pages

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