Iran hierarchy consolidation as IRGC veteran tapped for key security role

The office of the supreme leader has named a new security chief and established war commanders in influential roles.

Iran’s new national security chief is a military veteran and prominent regime figure who has voiced skepticism of negotiations with the United States. Mohsen Rezaei, 71, has been named secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, replacing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who had only been appointed in March. Rezaei wa