Tehran [Iran], August 10 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief Mohsen Rezaee as his representative to the country's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), replacing Mohammad Baqir Zolghadr, according to a decree published on Sunday. https://x.com/MKhamenei_ir/status/2086499488294744334?s=20The position was formerly held by Ali Larijani, who was assassinated in US-Israeli strikes in March, and then Mohammad Baqir Zulqadr. Rezaee was a military commander during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, referred to in Iran as the 'Sacred Defence'. The talks between the two leaders were also shared via the Farsi X account attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei. Khamenei assumed the position of Supreme Leader shortly after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was assassinated in joint US-Israeli military strikes on February 28.