Veteran navy commander and strategist Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr has been formally named the brand new Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Nationwide Safety Council (SNSC), Press TV reported.
The announcement was made by Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabai, the deputy for communications and knowledge on the Iranian President’s Workplace, in a submit on X, previously Twitter, on Tuesday.
Zolqadr acquired this vital safety appointment by way of a direct presidential decree and with the backing of the Chief of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Syed Mojtaba Khamenei.
He takes over from Ali Larijani, who was assassinated in an Israeli-American terrorist assault final week. Larijani had held the place since August 2025.
The appointment of Zolqadr, a veteran commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and former senior safety official, comes because the warfare imposed on Iran enters its fifth week.
Insiders have remarked that Baqer Zolqadr brings many years of navy, safety, and judicial expertise to the submit at a essential time.
Beforehand, he served as deputy chief of the Normal Employees of the Armed Forces for Basij affairs and held senior positions within the judiciary for almost a decade.
Zolqadr’s tutorial background features a bachelor’s diploma in economics and a grasp’s diploma in public administration, each earned from Tehran College earlier than the 1979 Islamic Revolution. He later obtained a doctorate in strategic administration from the Nationwide Protection College.
His complete navy profession contains two consecutive eight-year appointments following the Holy Protection Struggle within the late Eighties. He first served as the pinnacle of the IRGC Joint Employees throughout Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s presidency, and later as deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC.
