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Supreme National Security Council is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current secretary of which is Saeed Jalili. This institution was founded during the 1989 revision of the constitution.
The responsibilities of the council is defined by the constitution as:
- Determining the defense and national security policies within the framework of general policies determined by the Leader;
- coordination of activities in the areas relating to politics, intelligence, social, cultural and economic fields in regard to general defense and security policies; and
- exploitation of materialistic and intellectual resources of the country for facing the internal and external threats.
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.
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Supreme National Security Council is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current secretary of which is Saeed Jalili. This institution was founded during the 1989 revision of the constitution.
The responsibilities of the council is defined by the constitution as:
- Determining the defense and national security policies within the framework of general policies determined by the Leader;
- coordination of activities in the areas relating to politics, intelligence, social, cultural and economic fields in regard to general defense and security policies; and
- exploitation of materialistic 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. The president selects the secretary of the council. The decisions of the Council are effective after the confirmation by the Supreme Leader.. Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is at the top of the foreign-policy 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. The Secretary of the council doubles as the chief nuclear negotiator of Iran.
2006 session
For the October 2006 session convened by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the following members were present:
- Head of the Executive- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Head of the Legislative- Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel
- Head of the Judiciary- Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi
- Chief of the Supreme Command Council of the Armed Forces (SCCAF)- Major General Ataollah Salehi
- Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization, formerly the Plan and Budget Organisation (PBO)- Farhad Rahbar
- First Vice President- Parviz Davudi
- Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Chief Nuclear Negotiator-Saeed Jalili
- Minister of Foreign Affairs- Manuchehr Motaki
- Minister of the Interior- Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi
- Minister of Information (Intelligence and Security)- Qolam Hosein Mohseni-Ejei
- Chief of the Army- Brigadier General Mohammad-Hossein Dadress
- Chief of the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps (IRGC)- Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi
- Head of the Guardian Council- Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati
- Minister of Defence- Rear Admiral Mostafa Mohammad Najar
- Vice Pres. for Atomic Energy- Qolam Reza Aqazadeh-Khoi
- Min. of Science, Research, & Technology- Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi
- Minister of Energy- Parviz Fatah
- Permanent Representative to the UN- Javad Zarif
- Ali Larijani (Secretary of the Council, 2005-2007)
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