Tehran, March 24 -- Tehran has announced the appointment of Veteran military commander and strategist Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr as the new Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabai, the Deputy for Communications and Information at the Iranian President's Office, announced it in a post on X on Tuesday.

Zolqadr has been appointed to the top security chair by a direct presidential decree and with the endorsement of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.

He replaces Ali Larijani, who was assassinated in the Israeli-American strike last week. Larijani had served in the position since August 2025.

According to Iranian media, Zolqadr brings decades of experience across Iran's military, secur...