Supreme National Security Council

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Supreme National Security Council is the National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current secretary whereof is Ali Larijani. This institution was founded during the 1989 revision of the Constitution^[1].

The responsibilities of the council is defined by the constitution as:

Determining the defence and national security policies within the framework of general policies determined by the Leader;
coordination of activities in the areas relating to politics, intelligence, social, cultural and economic fields in regard to general defence and security policies; and
exploitation of materialistic and intellectual resources of the country for facing the internal and external threats.

Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is at the top of the foreign-policy process^[2].

1 Composition
2 Nuclear policy
3 2006 session
4 References and notes
5 External links

[edit] 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.^[3] The president selects the secretary of the council. The decisions of the Supreme Council for National Security is effective after the confirmation by the Supreme Leader.^[4].

[edit] Nuclear policy

Supreme National Security Council formulates the country's nuclear policy. However, the Supreme Leader may reject the country's nuclear policy formulated by the council.^[5]. Secretary of the council, currently Ali Larijani, is the chief nuclear negotiator of Iran.

[edit] 2006 session

For the October 2006 session convened by the Supreme Leader Khamenei, the following members were present in addition to him^[6]

Head of the Executive- President Mahmud Ahmadinejad
Head of the Legislative- Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel
Head of the Judiciary- Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi
Chief of the Supreme Command Council of the Armed Forces (SCCAF)- Major General Ataollah Salehi
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization, formerly the Plan and Budget Organisation (PBO)- Farhad Rahbar
First Vice President- Parviz Davudi
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Chief Nuclear Negotiator-Ali Larijani
Minister of Foreign Affairs- Manuchehr Motaki
Minister of the Interior- Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi
Minister of Information (Intelligence and Security)- Qolam Hosein Mohseni-Ejei
Chief of the Army- Brigadier General Mohammad-Hossein Dadress
Chief of the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps (IRGC)- Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi
Head of the Guardian Council- Ayatollah Yusef Jannati-Sanei
Minister of Defence- Rear Admiral Mostafa Mohammad Najar
Vice Pres. for Atomic Energy- Qolam Reza Aqazadeh-Khoi
Min. of Science, Research, & Technology- Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi
Minister of Energy- Parviz Fatah
Permanent Representative to the UN- Javad Zarif