New security chief signals full military takeover of Iran
The appointment of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as the new secretary of Iran’s supreme national security council reveals one thing: the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has taken over the running of the country.
Mr Zolghadr will fill the position left vacant after Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli air strike on his daughter’s house last Wednesday.
The council is Iran’s highest body for security decision-making. The president chairs it, and it includes the heads of the judiciary and parliament, the foreign and interior ministers, the intelligence minister, two representatives appointed by the supreme leader, and commanders from the Revolutionary Guards and the regular military.
Larijani was Iran’s de facto leader given that Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader, has not been seen in public since the start of the war.
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