Supreme National Security Council

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Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; Persian: شورای عالی امنیت ملی‎ Showrāye Āliye Amniyate Mellī) is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of which is Rear Admiral Upper Half Ali Shamkhani. He was appointed to position of secretary by the president Hassan Rouhani On 10 September 2013. The council was formed for the protection and support of national interests and Islamic revolution and territorial integrity and national sovereignty of the country. This institution was founded during the 1989 revision of the constitution.^[1]

The responsibilities of the council are defined by the constitution as :

1. Determining the defense and national security policies of the country within the framework of general policies determined by the Leader.
2. Coordination of political activities, intelligence, social, cultural and economic fields relating to general policies of defense and national security.
3. Exploitation of material and intellectual resources of the country for facing the internal and external threats.

Composition

This National Security Council is mandated by Article 176 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran to be presided over by the president of the country.^[2] The president selects the secretary of the Supreme council.^[3] The decisions of the Council are effective after the confirmation by the Supreme Leader.^[4] Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) are at the top of the foreign policy decisions process.

Nuclear policy

Supreme National Security Council formulates the country's nuclear policy. The nuclear policies formulated by the council would become effective if they are confirmed by the Supreme Leader.^[5] The secretary of the Supreme council was the chief nuclear negotiator of Iran until 5 September 2013 when responsibility for nuclear talks was assigned to the ministry of foreign affairs.^[6]

List of Secretaries

№	Secretary		Tenure		Political Position	Appointed by	Supreme Leader
	Name	Picture	Took office	Left Office
1	Hassan Rouhani		14 October 1989	15 August 2005	Right wing	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	Ali Khamenei
						Mohammad Khatami
2	Ali Larijani		15 August 2005	20 October 2007	Principlist	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3	Saeed Jalili		20 October 2007	10 September 2013
4	Ali Shamkhani		10 September 2013	Incumbent	Reformist	Hassan Rouhani

Members

As of 2019, following members are:^[7]

#	Appointer	Ex officio member	current officeholder	Position in the Supreme Council
1	Popular election	President	Hassan Rouhani	Chairman
2	Indirect election	Speaker of the Parliament	Ali Larijani	Member
3	Supreme Leader	Chief Justice	Ebrahim Raisi
4		Supreme Leader Representatives	Ali Shamkhani	Secretary (Appointed by President)
5			Saeed Jalili	Member
6		Chief of the General Staff	Mohammad Bagheri
7		Chief of the Army	Abdolrahim Mousavi
8		Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps	Hossein Salami
9	President	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Javad Zarif
10		Minister of the Interior	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
11		Minister of Intelligence	Mahmoud Alavi
12		Head of Management and Planning Organization	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht
13		Minister related with the Subject of Agenda of the Council	Other Cabinet Ministers	Temporary member

References and notes

External links

• Supreme Defense Council (SDC)
• Iran’s President Criticized Over Nuclear Issue