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18 Oct 2026, 13:40

Alireza Salimi, a member of the Parliament's presiding board, said on Sunday, October 26, regarding the details of the vote of confidence for the Minister of Defense in the virtual session of Parliament, to the Fars News Agency: "Out of 285 representatives, 277 were present at the session, of which 25 representatives were unable to cast their votes due to lack of internet access, and eight representatives were absent, on leave, or on a mission."
Salimi added that Mehrdad Akhlaghi was elected as the Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Support with 237 votes in favor.
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Mehrdad Akhlaghi Katbi, the new Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Support of the Islamic Republic, in his first statement after gaining the Parliament's vote of confidence, warned the U.S. about resuming military attacks against Iran, saying, "The enemy is unlikely to dare to attack us, and if it does, it and its allies in the region will suffer greatly."
On Sunday, October 26, shortly after gaining the confidence of the Parliament representatives, Akhlaghi told reporters: "Trump should think about getting his people out of the region safely. The U.S. can drop a bomb and see how many people it needs to take out horizontally and leave."
Mehrdad Akhlaghi replaces Aziz Nasirzadeh, the former Minister of Defense of the Pezeshkian government, who was killed during the first wave of U.S. and Israeli attacks on March 9 in Tehran.
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