Iran's new Defense Minister Kitapci challenged Israel: Our fingers are on the trigger

In the vote of confidence held in the Parliament, Kitapçı received 237 votes in favor and 15 votes against out of 277 deputies. After the vote, Kitapçi became the country's new Minister of Defense. Kitapçi, who was born in 1958 in Rasht, Gilan province of Iran, was among the leading executives of the Iranian defense industry.

Kitapçi, who previously served as the "President of the Martyr Bakıri Industry Group" and the "General Manager of the Aerospace Industry Corporation", was involved in Iran's missile program since the second half of the 2000s, and therefore his name was included in the documents regarding the sanctions against Iran's missile program. Iranian media had announced on March 1 that the Minister of Defense, Major General Aziz Nasserzade, had died in the US and Israeli attack.

According to Iran's official news agency IRNA, the new Defense Minister Ahlaki spoke about the possibility of an Israeli attack on his country in his first statement in the Iranian press.

Stating that they produce weapons through the Ministry of Defense and scientific institutions, Moral said, "We are establishing new production facilities in mountains and safe places, not in old places. We are ready with our finger on the trigger to fight the Zionists." he said.