Iran appoints ex-IRGC commander to top security position

Iran appoints ex-IRGC commander to top security position

 Iran has confirmed Mohsen Rezaee, a former commander of the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, as the Secretary of the Supreme
National Security Council.

 

President Masoud Pezeshkian appointed Rezaee to the role on
Sunday, while Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named him as his personal
representative to the council.

 

Rezaee, 71, led the IRGC from 1981 to 1997 and is a member
of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, an assembly created upon the revision
to the Constitution on February 6, 1988.

 

The Ayatollah also appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as his
political advisor. He has held several senior positions across the IRGC,
including being deputy chief from 1997 until 2006.

 

Rezaee succeeds Zolghadr, 72, who was Secretary of Iran’s
Security Council from March to August 2026 and Secretary of the Expediency
Discernment Council from 2021 to 2026.

 

Over the weekend, Pezeshkian condemned the targeting of many
law enforcement officers in airstrikes, saying the action was aimed at causing
chaos throughout Iran.

 

“They hoped this would trigger ethnic tensions, ultimately
leading to the country being torn apart,” the President noted. “All of their
plans were completely foiled.”

 

He, however, said Iran’s communication with regional
countries—including Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and
Azerbaijan—is improving, compared to the height of the war.

 

Source: Iran appoints ex-IRGC commander to top security position



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