Supreme National Security Council

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]

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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 12 October 1989[7] 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:[8]

#AppointerEx officio membercurrent officeholderPosition in the Supreme Council
1Popular electionPresidentHassan RouhaniChairman
2Indirect electionSpeaker of the ParliamentMohammad Bagher GhalibafMember
3Supreme LeaderChief JusticeEbrahim Raisi
4Supreme Leader RepresentativesRADM Ali ShamkhaniSecretary (Appointed by President)
5Saeed JaliliMember
6Chief of the General StaffMG Mohammad Bagheri
7Chief of the ArmyMG Abdolrahim Mousavi
8Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsMG Hossein Salami
9PresidentMinister of Foreign AffairsMohammad Javad Zarif
10Minister of the InteriorAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli
11Minister of IntelligenceMahmoud Alavi
12Head of Management and Planning OrganizationMohammad Bagher Nobakht
13Minister related with the Subject of Agenda of the CouncilOther Cabinet MinistersTemporary member

References and notes
  1. Islamic Republic of Iran, The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC)
  2. § 1 of Article 176
  3. ISNA - 08-15-2005 - 84/5/24 - سرويس: / سياسي / شماره خبر: 569141 Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. § 5 of Article 176
  5. Article 176
  6. "Iran's Rouhani shifts responsibility for nuclear talks". BBC. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  7. "Chronology July 16, 1989–October 15, 1989". Middle East Journal. 44 (1): 114. Winter 1990. JSTOR 4328058.
  8. Iranian Supreme National Security Council Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading
  • Wege, Carl Anthony. "Iranian intelligence organizations." International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence 10.3 (1997): 287-298.
  • Wege, Carl Anthony. "Iranian Counterintelligence." International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence 32.2 (2019): 272-294.
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