Iran appointed Mohsen Rezaei, former head of the Revolutionary Guard, as the new secretary of the Supreme Security Council

Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been appointed as the new secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. The appointment was made by the country's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Sunday. In this new role, Rezaei will serve as the secretary of the council and as a representative of the supreme leader.

The Supreme National Security Council serves as the nation's highest security body. This transition places a veteran military figure at the helm of Iran's primary security policy-making organization.