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Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, a retired Revolutionary Guard commander, has been appointed secretary general of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
The appointment followed the assassination of Ali Larijani in a targeted Israeli strike.
The appointment, confirmed by presidential decree and senior officials, was reported by Iranian news outlets citing an X post by Mehdi Tabatabai, deputy head of communications at the Office of the President.
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Little is publicly known about Zolghadr. Born in the mid-1950s, but he is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988).
He spent his military career with the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
He most recently served on the Conciliation Council, an arbitration body that mediates disputes within Iran’s political system.
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