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Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named Mohsen Rezaee, a veteran IRGC commander, as SNSC secretary and his representative, part of a broader wartime reshuffle that also elevates Ali Abdollahi to chief of staff, Ali Ozmaei to head the IRGC Navy, and Ahmad Vahidi to IRGC commander-in-chief, signaling a tightening of internal security and policy coordination as Tehran confronts the US-Israel front.
ISW-CTP’s Iran Update notes that Foreign Minister Araghchi said a six-person SNSC committee—likely including Vahidi—made important on-the-spot decisions on negotiations with the United States without direct input from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, signaling a shift in regime decision-making. The update also details a sustained U.S. air campaign aimed at degrading Iran’s ability to strike shipping and retaliate for attacks on US forces, Iran’s expanded strikes into southern Jordan, alleged attacks on Kuwaiti and Bahraini targets, and Iranian drone/missile activity across the region, alongside claims of rapid infrastructure repairs (unverified by ISW-CTP) and a casualty among US personnel in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Iran appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, a veteran IRGC commander and former Expediency Council secretary, as head of the Supreme National Security Council to steer security policy amid external pressure from the US-Israel war and internal unrest; his appointment fills the void left by the late Ali Larijani and signals a shift toward stronger military leadership in Iran's security decisions and potential involvement in future negotiations.