Saeed Jalili has been appointed as the new Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, replacing Ali Larijani.
Modern.az reports, citing Iranian media, that the country's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has signed a relevant decree regarding this.
Saeed Jalili has previously served in various high-ranking positions and is considered a person with extensive experience in Iranian political circles.
He is also known as a radical conservative and a proponent of a hardline stance in relations with the West.
Saeed Jalili leads the radical conservative political party "Jebhe-ye Paydari".
He previously served as the Secretary-General of the Supreme National Security Council.
Saeed Jalili was the opponent of Masoud Pezeshkian in the second round of the recent presidential elections.
In the elections, Masoud Pezeshkian garnered 16,384,403 votes; Saeed Jalili received 13,538,179 votes.
He also chaired Iran's nuclear negotiating team. Jalili is known as a figure with a tough stance against the West.
Saeed Jalili was born on September 6, 1965, in Mashhad, the central city of Iran's Razavi Khorasan province.
According to some reports, the 61-year-old Saeed Jalili has Azerbaijani heritage on his mother's side. It is claimed that Saeed Jalili's mother is originally from the Ardabil region. However, no statement from Jalili himself regarding his Azerbaijani heritage has been found.
Saeed Jalili participated in the Iran-Iraq War, was wounded in Operation Karbala-5, and had his leg amputated.
