The appointments span Iran’s security and military establishment, including the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the IRGC Navy, and the Basij Organisation. READ: Who is Iran's Mohsen Rezaei, the new head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council? He also served as deputy interior minister for security and law enforcement affairs before returning to the military. After the conflict, he was appointed commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, one of the most significant military positions of his career. Vahidi is now regarded as a key figure in Iran’s new military leadership amid the continuation of the war against the US and heightened security threats.