Iranian media says supreme leader appoints former Guards chief as military adviser

Iran’s new supreme leader has appointed the former chief of the Revolutionary Guards as a military adviser, local media reports.

“General Mohsen Rezaei was appointed as military adviser by the order of commander-in-chief Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei,” Mehr news agency reports.

Other media also reports the appointment.

Rezaei, 71, previously headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological arm of Iran’s military. He has since held several senior positions within Iran’s political system.