IRGC general appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council

Brigadier General Ali Akbar Ahmadian replaced Ali Shamkhani as the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

According to Tasnim news agency quoting a decree issued by Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Monday, Brigadier General Ali Akbar Ahmadian was appointed as the new secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

Ahmadian, 62, is the director of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Strategic Center and a member of the Expediency Council.

He began his military career as the commander of the IRGC Navy in August 1997. He was the deputy commander of the IRGC Navy for eight years, before serving as the chief of that force for three years. He was also the chief of Staff of the IRGC for seven years.

Ahmadian is a graduate of the University of Tehran in dentistry and has a PhD in strategic management from the Supreme National Defense University of Iran.

His predecessor, Shamkhani, had held the position since September 2013.

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