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Iran tightens security hierarchy as ex-IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaee takes top council role
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Mohsen Rezaee’s security council role will accelerate IRGC-led internal crackdowns and stall any US backchannel talks.

The reshuffle consolidates power around IRGC-linked figures at a moment of heightened regional conflict and contested diplomacy, shaping Iran’s security posture and any future engagement with Washington.

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The reshuffle consolidates power around IRGC-linked figures at a moment of heightened regional conflict and contested diplomacy, shaping Iran’s security posture and any future engagement with Washington.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei announced new top appointments, including former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaee as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and his representative. Rezaee led the IRGC for 16 years, including during the 1980s Iraq war. Iran also filled six more military posts: Ali Abdollahi became armed forces chief of staff, Ali Ozmaei took charge of the IRGC Navy, and Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi was confirmed as IRGC commander-in-chief, replacing Mohammad Pakpour, who was killed in the opening salvo of the US-Israel war on Iran in late February. An analyst cited by Al Jazeera said the moves show no softening toward the US and aim to tighten internal control.

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Iran tightens security hierarchy as ex-IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaee takes top council role

Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointments elevate IRGC veterans and signal a harder internal-security posture after the US-Israel war.

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