Jerusalem Post. Iran named a former Revolutionary Guards commander and senior figure in the hardline political faction on Tuesday to replace the powerful head of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, killed in US-Israeli strikes last week.
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr was appointed as Larijani’s successor as secretary of the SNSC, the Iranian president’s deputy of communications posted on X on Tuesday.
Zolghadr is a former Revolutionary Guards commander who 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.
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