Organization · Supreme leadership & state
Supreme National Security Council
Senior national-security coordinating body
The Supreme National Security Council is Iran’s constitutional forum for coordinating senior political, military, and security officials.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
The SNSC matters because it brings the presidency, legislative and judicial chiefs, foreign minister, military leadership, and leader representatives into one formal structure.
- Record type
- Organization dossier
- Primary role
- Senior national-security coordinating body
- Network sector
- Supreme leadership & state
- Documented links
- 8
Profile
The Supreme National Security Council is Iran’s constitutional forum for coordinating senior political, military, and security officials.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH Iran network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
Article 176 makes the president chair of the Supreme National Security Council.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranThe constitution includes the head of the legislative branch on the SNSC.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranThe constitution includes the head of the judiciary on the SNSC.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranRezaei was named SNSC secretary in August 2026.
Limit: The cited record establishes a formal role. It does not establish control over every decision or private closeness.
Associated Press · Iran names new security chiefsThe constitution includes the foreign minister on the SNSC.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranThe constitution includes the chief of the Armed Forces General Staff on the SNSC.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranThe constitution includes the IRGC commander on the SNSC.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranThe foreign minister is a constitutional member of the SNSC.
Limit: Council membership establishes an institutional connection, not participation in every decision or meeting.
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of IranWhat to watch
- Does the publicly identified leadership of Supreme National Security Council change?
- Do official records document new coordination with Masoud Pezeshkian?
- Do later sources confirm, narrow, or supersede the relationships recorded here?
Source record
- 01Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Constitutional offices, appointment powers, executive structure, and Supreme National Security Council membership.
- 02Associated Press · Iran names new security chiefs
Current leadership and security appointments reported in August 2026.