Weeks after the assassination of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, Tehran has named his successor on Tuesday. Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr will serve as the new secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.
Zolqadr was appointed as Larijani's successor as secretary of the SNSC, the Iranian president's deputy of communications Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei posted on X.
The Supreme National Security Council is a key body in the Iranian government, which is chaired by the elected president and reports to the Supreme Leader of Iran.
Zolqadr is a former commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards and has held senior security positions in the past.
He has also served as secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2022, an assembly that resolves differences between parliament and the Guardian Council of Shi'ite clerics.
