— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Yemen’s Armed Forces launched a ballistic missile at the house of the Saudi-backed governor of Hodeidah; he survived the attack

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump is preparing to unilaterally declare victory and an end to the war if Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, and the President no longer considers a nuclear deal as necessary – Wall Street Journal

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—❗️🇮🇷 BREAKING: In an executive order, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed IRGC Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei as one of his two representatives in the Supreme National Security Council

Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr will remain Secretary of the SNSC, as the Secretary is appointed by the President, Masoud Pezeshkian.

However, Zolqadr will lose his ‘representative of the Supreme Leader’ status, meaning he will no longer have voting powers.

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— NOTE: In Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the Secretary is appointed directly by the Chairman (President Masoud Pezeshkian) and does not have voting powers.

However, most previous Secretaries like Larijani and Shamkhani have simultaneously been ‘Supreme Leader’s Representative’ in the SNSC, which grants them voting powers. Essentially, it’s two separate positions that are usually combined.

A few days ago, the current Secretary of the SNSC, Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, offered his resignation to President Pezeshkian and Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Pezeshkian did not accept Zolqadr’s resignation, meaning he will remain the Secretary. But Khamenei did accept his resignation as Supreme Leader’s Representative, and replaced him with IRGC Brigadier General Mohsen Rezaei.

In summary, Zolqadr remains the SNSC Secretary but no longer has voting powers—those have been transferred to Rezaei, a more hardline (and somewhat controversial) general.

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— 🇮🇷 Who is Mohsen Rezaei, new Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council?

– Major General Mohsen Rezaei was the IRGC Commander-in-Chief from 1981 to 1997, including most of the Iran-Iraq war.

– He ran as a conservative Presidential candidate in 2009, 2013, and 2021, losing each time.

– He is known for his hardline views and has made numerous controversial statements. In 2025 he famously claimed that if Iran was nuked by Israel, Pakistan promised that it would nuke Israel in response.

– Despite his controversial and sometimes laughable statements, he is a staunch supporter of the Islamic Revolution and one of the most loyal allies of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, favoring a ‘language of force’ in dealing with the United States.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: In an executive order, Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr has been appointed as a political advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

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—❗️🇮🇷 BREAKING: Following Ayatollah Khamenei’s executive order, President Pezeshkian has decided to appoint Major General Mohsen Rezaee as Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council

Mohammaq Baqer Zolqadr will leave the SNSC completely. President Pezeshkian accepted his resignation at insistence of the Supreme Leader.

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— 🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran targeted an oil tanker off the coast of Oman

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— 🇮🇷/🇸🇾/🇮🇱 NEW: The Shia faction ‘Uli Al Ba’s’ (Posessors of Strength), also known as the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria, carried out an attack with 107mm unguided rockets against an Israeli outpost in Daraa Province

Local Shia fighters, as well as some former Hezbollah and Syrian Arab Army veterans, continue to carry out operations against the IDF occupation in southern Syria despite Jolani’s rule.

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— 🇮🇷/🇦🇪 NEW: The United Arab Emirates says it thwarted a major cyberattack against its civilian and industrial sectors, including energy and aviation infrastructure

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— 🇸🇦/🇹🇷/🇵🇰/🇪🇬 NEW: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan wanted Egypt to be part of their new alliance, but after providing President El-Sisi with a piece of ‘intelligence bait’ (false intelligence), it was discovered he provided the information to America

After this, it was decided that Egypt was not trustworthy enough to be included in the alliance, according to a source who spoke on the matter.

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— 🇮🇷 President Pezeshkian: ‘I had a very good meeting with the Supreme Leader which lasted more than 7 hours, and many important issues facing the country were discussed’

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Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei and General Mohsen Rezaei, somewhere in the Persian Gulf, 1980s.

—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: In the near future, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei will issue a wave of executive orders reorganizing Iran’s military command structure

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— 🇮🇷/🇸🇦/🇹🇷/🇵🇰 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman:

‘There is no reason for us to be concerned that this pact between the two neighboring countries of Turkey and Pakistan, as well as Saudi Arabia, three countries with which we share deep religious, historical, and civilizational bonds, is against Iran.

The history of our friendship with the nations of Turkey and Pakistan, as two neighboring Muslim countries, is long-standing and known to everyone.

This development is an important sign of a shift in regional priorities and we have always supported alliances between Muslims.’

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— 🇮🇷 The martyred commander of Iran’s Armed Forces, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, playing with his grandchildren before the war

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Yemeni drones are striking Mokha Port, controlled by Saudi-backed mercenary forces

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: Per executive order, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: Per executive order, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed Major General Ali Abdollahi as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces

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— 🇮🇷 Full list of appointments by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei:

– Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces: Major General Ali Abdollahi

– Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces: Brigadier General Amir Kioumars Heydari

– Commander of the IRGC: Major General Ahmad Vahidi

– Deputy of the IRGC: Major General Mustafa Izadi

– IRGC Navy Commander: Brigadier General Ali Azmaei

– Head of the Basij: Hojjat Al-Islam Hossein Taeb

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