TEHRAN, August 9. /TASS/. Former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, or elite units of the Iranian army) and adviser to the Iranian supreme leader Mohsen Rezaei has been appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mehdi Tabatabaei, a spokesman for President Masoud Pezeshkian, said.

"Following Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr’s resignation as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and his acceptance of a new responsibility, Mohsen Rezaei has been appointed secretary of the Supreme National Security Council by decree of President Masoud Pezeshkian," he wrote on X.

Rezaei succeeded Zolghadr, who took office as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council on March 27 following the death of his predecessor, Ali Larijani. Zolghadr was appointed political adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.