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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- Created
- Nov 4, 2016
- Released
- Jun 22, 1998
- Publication
- Jun 3, 1988
- Case number
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Metadata
Document #
CIA-RDP96-00789R000301330003-9
Case #
—
Document Type
CREST
Collection
STARGATE
Release Decision
RIPPUB
Original Classification
U
Sequence
3
Pages
1 pages
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177.43 KB