New Reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian is likely to keep conservative Ali Akbar Ahmadian as secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), multiple informed political sources have told Amwaj.media. Headed by the president, the top council is an important and influential body that gathers the country’s civilian and military leadership for major decisions on foreign policy and national security issues.

According to a Reformist source close to the Iranian administration, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei advised Pezeshkian to keep Ahmadian in his current position for one or two years...