Iran names new head of top national security body
Mohsen Rezaei, former Revolutionary Guards commander, appointed as Iran’s new national security chief. Learn about his background and the council’s role. Read More: https://punchng.com/iran-names-new-head-of-top-national-security-body/
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has appointed Mohsen Rezaei as the new secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. Rezaei, a former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, will replace Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr. According to The National UAE, Rezaei commanded the IRGC from 1981 to 1997 and was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Co-ordination.
The Supreme National Security Council, formally chaired by President Masoud Pezeshkian, co-ordinates security and foreign policy and includes top military, intelligence and government officials. Rezaei's appointment was announced through an official decree released on Sunday, with Khamenei praising Rezaei's "valuable experiences" and describing him as "one of the pioneers of the eight-year Sacred Defence", referring to the Iran-Iraq war that began in 1980.
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who was appointed to the post after Ali Larijani, was thanked by Khamenei for his "round-the-clock efforts" since taking over. Rezaei's background includes being a veteran of the IRGC, as reported by The National UAE.
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