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Det rapporterer statlige medier i landet, ifølge Reuters. Forgjengeren Aziz Nasirzadeh skal ha blitt drept i et israelsk luftangrep da USA og Israel 28. februar gikk til angrep på Iran. Landet har siden hatt en fungerende forsvarsminister. 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