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Iran replaces IRGC's intelligence chief

Taeb's apparent dismissal comes after Israeli media outlets identified him as masterminding plots against Israeli citizens in Turkey.

Husseyn Tayeb
In this picture obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim, Hossein Taeb, Iranian Shiite cleric and head of the intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, looks on during a meeting, Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2018. — Hamed Malekpour/Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images

Iran has replaced the head of the intelligence unit for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hossein Taeb, the IRGC confirmed on Thursday. 

“Guard Corps chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami appointed Gen. Mohammad Kazemi as the new head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization,” spokesman for the IRGC Ramezan Sharif said in a statement. 

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