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Salami, up to now "number two" of the Revolutionary Guard, replaced to Mohammad Ali Jafariaccording to the decree issued Sunday by the official press, which did not explain the reasons for this change.
Salami was noted for his threats in the United States and Israel and for its bitter defense of Iran's missile programs, baduring that Tehran will never "stop" the development of its military capabilities.
"We are going to stop our enemy, we have decided to do it", he warned during a speech on February 19. "We have a plan, we are organized and motivated, we have faith, we have sacrifices, we have Jihad."
Born in 1960 in Golpayegan, in the center of Iran, Salami studied mechanical engineering and joined the Revolutionary Guard one year after the triumph of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
"Our enemies must know that we will never let them be" he added in this speech. "The United States is also in distress today.. It's not at all the appearance of a world power. The United States has also been defeated. We will never leave our weapons. "
During the war between Iran and Iraq (1980-1988), he commanded several military operations and occupiedSubsequently, the positions of Deputy Chief of Operations for Chiefs of Staff and Commander of the air force guards.
Khamenei, who is also commander-in-chief of the Iranian armed forces, He advised Salami to strengthen and update the capabilities of the Revolutionary Guards.
In this sense, he said in February that "we all wear the banner, we have taken an oath, that's what we are. We have not been created for this world. We have been chosen to lead Jihad. We will fight against them globally, not just in the same place. Our war is not a local war. We have plans to defeat the world powers. We plan to break the United States, Israel and its partners and allies. Our land forces must clean the planet of the grime of its existence. "
Salami has already been congratulated by the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamad Yavad Zarifand by the secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security, Ali Shamjaní, among others.
The Supreme National Security Council was commissioned on April 8 respond to the unprecedented measure adopted by Washington against the Revolutionary Guards.
The Council recognized the United States as being "sponsor of terrorism" and his troops deployed to CENTCOM in the Middle East as a terrorist group.
The different organs of power of the Islamic Republic came to the defense of the revolutionary guard, created after the triumph of the Islamic revolution to protect the Shiite theocratic system.
The Guardians, with about 125,000 soldiersabout the most powerful military organization in Iran and they have great political and economic influence in the country, as well as in the Middle East, where they deployed military advisers and militia in Syria and Iraq.
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