Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to the supreme leader, as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.

Ali Larijani, the conservative adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been appointed secretary general of the country's powerful Security Council, Tehran announced on Tuesday. The 67-year-old succeeds the former commander of the influential Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,

As the Iranian authorities grapple with the aftermath of the June conflict with Israel and the United States, the return of veteran politician Ali Larijani as secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council marks something of a political comeback but was not unexpected.

Ali Larijani has been reappointed as the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) at the order of President Masoud Pezeshkian.

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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Ali Larijani as the new secretary for the Supreme National Security Council

President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday appointed Ali Larijani secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, a powerful body in charge of shaping Iran ’s defence and security strategy. The appointment came after the Islamic republic and its military suffered a series of devastating blows during the war in June.