Iran names new security chief after Ali Larijani's death

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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - TEHRAN — Iran on Tuesday named a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander to replace Ali Larijani,the powerful head of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) who was killed in a US-Israeli strike last week.

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Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr was appointed as Larijani’s successor as secretary of the SNSC, the Iranian president’s deputy of communications posted on X on Tuesday.

Formally chaired by the elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, the SNSC coordinates security and foreign policy, and includes top military, intelligence and government officials in addition to representatives of the supreme leader who has ultimate say over all matters of state.

Zolqadr has in the past held senior security positions such as deputy for security at the Interior Ministry, deputy at the armed forces’ general staff and advisor to the judiciary chief for crime prevention.

He headed the electoral headquarters of the hardline political faction, the Popular Front of Islamic Revolutionary Forces.

Since 2022 he has served as secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, an assembly that resolves differences between parliament and the Guardian Council of Shi’ite clerics and jurists who can veto legislation and supervise elections. — Agencies

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