{"id":"c659edd1-9b3c-4aae-a9af-eb2e4be962f3","url":"https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/iran-gets-new-defence-minister-mehrdad-akhlaghi-8-months-after-predecessor-killed-in-us-strikes-12202288","domain":"ndtv.com","outlet":{"name":"NDTV","country":"IN","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"Iran Gets New Defence Minister 8 Months After Predecessor Killed In US Strikes","plainHeadline":"Iran appoints a new Defence Minister eight months after the previous one was killed in US strikes.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":[],"topics":[],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-18T09:19:33.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T09:43:26.244Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/761be825-8566-4dd0-b567-edf09027d5db","storyId":"761be825-8566-4dd0-b567-edf09027d5db","image":"https://c.ndtvimg.com/2026-10/rfi1n99s_iran-defence-minister-reuters_625x300_18_October_26.jpeg","author":null,"dek":"The veteran defence official replaces Aziz Nasirzadeh, who was killed in a US-Israeli attack on a leadership compound on February 28."}