Ali Akbar Ahmadian

Ali Akbar Ahmadian Babaki is an Iranian military officer and was secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, a position to which he was appointed on 22 May 2023. He is also currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2022.

Biography

Ahmadian was born in 1961.
After a stint in the Iran–Iraq War Ahmadian served as Ali Shamkhani’s deputy commander in the IRGC Navy.
President Ebrahim Raisi appointed him on 22 May 2023 to the position of Secretary of the SNSC.
On 8 August 2023 Canada sanctioned Ahmadian.