Supreme National Security Council

شورای عالی امنیت ملی
Leadership
Chairman
President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi
since 3 August 2021
Secretary
Ali Akbar Ahmadian
since 22 May 2023
Seats23
Meeting place
Tehran, Iran

Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; Persian: شورای عالی امنیت ملی Showrāye Āliye Amniyate Mellī also Supreme Council for National Security) is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The current secretary of the Supreme National Security Council is Ali Akbar Ahmadian. He was appointed to position of secretary by President Ebrahim Raisi on 22 May 2023. The council was formed for the protection and support of national interests and Islamic revolution and territorial integrity and national sovereignty of the country. This institution was founded during the 1989 revision of the constitution.[1]

The responsibilities of the council are defined by the constitution as:

  1. Determining the defense and national security policies of the country within the framework of general policies determined by the Leader.
  2. Coordination of political activities, intelligence, social, cultural and economic fields relating to general policies of defense and national security.
  3. Exploitation of material and intellectual resources of the country for facing the internal and external threats.

Composition

This National Security Council is mandated by Article 176 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran to be presided over by the president of the country.[2] The Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei selects the secretary of the Supreme council.[3] The decisions of the Council are effective after the confirmation by the Supreme Leader.[4] Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) are at the top of the foreign policy decisions process.

Nuclear policy

Supreme National Security Council formulates the country's nuclear policy. The nuclear policies formulated by the council would become effective if they are confirmed by the Supreme Leader.[5] The secretary of the Supreme council was the chief nuclear negotiator of Iran until 5 September 2013 when responsibility for nuclear talks was assigned to the ministry of foreign affairs.[6]

List of secretaries

№ Secretary Tenure Political position Appointed by Supreme Leader
Name Picture Took office Left office
1 Hassan Rouhani 12 October 1989[7] 15 August 2005 Right wing Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Khamenei
Mohammad Khatami
2 Ali Larijani 15 August 2005 20 October 2007 Principlist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3 Saeed Jalili 20 October 2007 10 September 2013
4 Ali Shamkhani 10 September 2013 22 May 2023 Reformist Hassan Rouhani
Ebrahim Raisi
5 Ali Akbar Ahmadian 22 May 2023 Incumbent Principlist Ebrahim Raisi

Members

As of 2023, following members are:[8]

#AppointerEx officio memberCurrent officeholderPosition in the Supreme Council
1Popular electionPresidentEbrahim RaisiChairman
2Indirect electionSpeaker of the ParliamentMohammad Bagher GhalibafMember
3Supreme LeaderChief JusticeGholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
4Secretary of the Guardian CouncilAhmad Jannati
5Supreme Leader RepresentativesAli Akbar AhmadianSecretary (appointed by President)
6Saeed JaliliMember
7Chief of the General StaffMG Mohammad Bagheri
8Chief of the ArmyMG Abdolrahim Mousavi
9Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsMG Hossein Salami
10Chief of the General Command of the Law EnforcementBG Ahmad-Reza Radan
11PresidentVice PresidentMohammad Mokhber
12Minister of EnergyAli Akbar Mehrabian
13Minister of Foreign AffairsHossein Amir-Abdollahian
14Minister of FinanceEhsan Khandozi
15Minister of DefenceBG Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani
16Minister of InformationIssa Zarepour
17Minister of the InteriorBG Ahmad Vahidi
18Minister of IntelligenceEsmaeil Khatib
19Minister of ScienceMohammad Ali Zolfigol
20Head of Plan and Budget OrganizationDavoud Manzour
21Head of Atomic Energy Organization of IranMohammad Eslami
22Permanent Representative of Iran to the United NationsSaeed Iravani
23Minister related with the Subject of Agenda of the CouncilOther Cabinet MinistersTemporary member

References and notes

  1. ↑ Islamic Republic of Iran, The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC)
  2. ↑ § 1 of Article 176
  3. ↑ ISNA - 08-15-2005 - 84/5/24 - سرويس: / سياسي / شماره خبر: 569141 Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ § 5 of Article 176
  5. ↑ Article 176
  6. ↑ "Iran's Rouhani shifts responsibility for nuclear talks". BBC. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Chronology July 16, 1989–October 15, 1989". Middle East Journal. 44 (1): 114. Winter 1990. JSTOR 4328058.
  8. ↑ Iranian Supreme National Security Council Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

  • Wege, Carl Anthony. "Iranian intelligence organizations." International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence 10.3 (1997): 287-298.
  • Wege, Carl Anthony. "Iranian Counterintelligence." International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence 32.2 (2019): 272-294.

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