Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Ali Shamkhani as his political advisor.

In a decree issued on Monday, Imam Khamenei appointed Ali Shamkhani as a member of Iran’s Expediency Council and his political advisor.

Imam Khamenei also appointed Ali Akbar Ahmadian as his representative to the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

In his decree, Supreme Leader thanked Shamkhani for his services as head of the SNSC for the past 10 years.

Earlier on Monday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi appointed Ahmadian as the new SNSC secretary, replacing Ali Shamkhani who had been appointed to the post by former president Hassan Rouhani in 2013.

Ahmadian has previously served as the head of the Strategic Center of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Source: IRNA news agency