Supreme National Security Council
Iranian government
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Jalili
- In Saeed Jalili
…and the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (2007–13). He has since run for president three times (in 2013, 2021, and 2024) and remains a close adviser to Ali Khamenei, Iran’s rahbar (supreme leader), maintaining back-channel connections to government officials in what he characterizes as a “shadow government.”
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