— 🇮🇷 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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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump rejects Iran’s demand to pay reparations, and says the U.S. will instead seek reparations from Iran

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Coinciding with his formal appointment as IRGC Commander in Chief, Ahmad Vahidi was promoted by Mojtaba Khamenei to the rank of Major General

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Brigadier General Ali Azmaei, newly appointed commander of the IRGC Navy:

‘If Israel, the United States, or any of their accomplices even dare to cast a single evil look towards the Persian Gulf islands, with the help of Almighty God, we will gouge out their eyes and make the Persian Gulf their grave.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump says Iran should pay damages for deaths caused in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Gaza

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Initial reports that Iran targeted a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz

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