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Iran names Mohsen Rezaei Supreme Security Council secretary

9/9/2026

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Summary

Rezaei Leads Council

Iran appointed former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, replacing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr.
Zolghadr threatened resignation over IRGC ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz and became an advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
Rezaei questioned the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and asked why Iran should not pursue nuclear weapons.
Parliament debated withdrawing from the treaty because the new supreme leader has not confirmed his father’s nuclear-weapon fatwa.

Summary

Yemen Forces Advance

Yemen’s government forces secured full control of Hays district in Hodeidah.
Armed forces captured Jabal Koura and a Houthi security point west of Taiz.
Air raids struck a command-and-control room, a sensor system, and Houthi gatherings on Mount Nasa.
Government jets shot down several Houthi drones, including one east of Al-Hazm, in Al-Jawf.
A Houthi missile hit a civilian gathering in Taiz, killing four and wounding nine.

History

Historical Context

The 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait triggered the 1991 Gulf War, where a 42-nation coalition led by the United States deployed 543,000 troops to protect Saudi oil fields and expel Iraqi forces. That conflict cemented Saudi Arabia as a U.S. ally, a dynamic echoed today as Iran’s IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei joins the National Security Council and Saudi-UAE forces push Houthi rebels from Hodeidah.

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Rezaei Leads Council

Iran appointed former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, replacing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr.
Zolghadr threatened resignation over IRGC ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz and became an advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
Rezaei questioned the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and asked why Iran should not pursue nuclear weapons.
Parliament debated withdrawing from the treaty because the new supreme leader has not confirmed his father’s nuclear-weapon fatwa.

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