# Who is Iran’s Mohsen Rezaei, the hardliner appointed to a key security role?

https://mins.news/en/item/18048

- Reuters, 2026-08-10 11:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-is-irans-mohsen-rezaei-hardliner-appointed-key-security-role-2026-08-10/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a79b8a4e029de000157f7de

> Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of its Supreme National Security Council. The move elevates a prominent hardliner to a pivotal security position. Rezaei is described as a close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The appointment comes more than five months into the conflict between Iran and the United States.

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