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Supreme National Security Council

Also known as Iran National Security Council, Supreme Council for National Security

Iran's Supreme National Security Council is the principal governmental body overseeing national security and foreign policy coordination, established in 1989. Known for setting Iran's strategic red lines, managing nuclear negotiations, and approving military and diplomatic decisions. Recently, the council has overseen Strait of Hormuz policy, led by Secretary Mohsen Rezaei, issuing threats against shipping and setting conditions for U.S. talks. Last updated 1 day ago

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Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council:

The Strait of Hormuz is under Iran's control and Iran administers it, contrary to Trump's claims that it is open.

Trump has turned to smuggling, enlisting peo...

Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council:

The Strait of Hormuz is under Iran's control and Iran administers it, contrary to Trump's claims that it is open.

Trump has turned to smuggling, enlisting people Rezaei described as criminals who operate in Omani coastal waters. The commander of U.S. Central Command leads those smuggling operations and draws on the UAE military for help.

Five or six small boats move oil to larger tankers. Iran targets five or six of those boats every night.

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Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei:

"The United States has very valuable assets in the UAE and near the Strait of Hormuz that we have not yet included among our targets.

If another confrontation occurs, we will certainly confront the enemy with a much broader and more extensive plan."

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Iran's Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei on President Trump:

"After one failure after another, the worst president in American history just keeps talking, and talking, and now his words have even outrun his own fantasies.

You can win every day in your own imagination. But reality is shaped by Iran, by its people, its soldiers, and its missiles."

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Iran's Security Council Secretary Rezaei:

Iran has announced 7 conditions for starting any negotiations to the US government. Tehran's message is clear and unambiguous; if Washington wants to escape the quagmire it has created for itself and avoid getting further entangled in it, it has no choice but to accept Iran's rights and conditions.