Saeed Jalili

Saeed Jalili
Saeed Jalili
سعید جلیلی
	Saeed Jalili in 2021
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 September 2013
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting); Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi; Sadeq Larijani
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
	In office; 20 October 2007 – 10 September 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Ali Larijani
Succeeded by	Ali Shamkhani
Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran
	In office; 21 October 2007 – 5 September 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Deputy	Ali Bagheri
Preceded by	Ali Larijani
Succeeded by	Mohammad Javad Zarif
Personal details
Born	6 September 1965 (age 58); Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Nonpartisan
Spouse	Fatemeh Sajjadi (m. 1993)
Children	1
Residence(s)	Lavizan, Tehran
Alma mater	Imam Sadegh University
Signature
Website	drjalily.com
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	Basij
Unit	5th Nasr Division
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War; • Operation Karbala-5 (WIA);

Saeed Jalili (Persian: سعید جلیلی; born 6 September 1965) is an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council, and was also the nuclear negotiator of Iran.

He was previously deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs, and an unsuccessful candidate in the June 2013 presidential election, placing third. He also ran in 2021, but withdrew in favour of Ebrahim Raisi before the election. Jalili is currently running in the 2024 presidential election.

Jalili was a soldier in the Iran-Iraq War and had lost part of his right leg during the Siege of Basra.^[2] Upon this event, he earned the title of "Living Martyr".^[3] He holds a PhD in Political Science, and is teaching the "Prophet's diplomacy" at the Imam Sadiq University.^[4] Jalili is regarded as one of the 500 most-influential people in the Muslim World.^[5]

^ ^a ^b "تمام اطلاعات خانوادگی کاندیداهای ریاست جمهوری یازدهم". Isna. 13 January 2014.
^ "مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی - تصاویر منتشر نشده از دکتر سعید جلیلی". 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^ Garrett Nada; Helia Ighani (11 June 2013). "Old War Haunts New Election". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
^ "موضوع پایان نامه دکترای جلیلی چیست؟ + دانلود خلاصه - مشرق نیوز". 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^ "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" (PDF). Center of Muslim-Christian Understanding. 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

[auto-1] "تمام اطلاعات خانوادگی کاندیداهای ریاست جمهوری یازدهم". Isna. 13 January 2014.

[2] "مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی - تصاویر منتشر نشده از دکتر سعید جلیلی". 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

[usip-3] Garrett Nada; Helia Ighani (11 June 2013). "Old War Haunts New Election". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

[4] "موضوع پایان نامه دکترای جلیلی چیست؟ + دانلود خلاصه - مشرق نیوز". 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

[infmuslims-5] "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" (PDF). Center of Muslim-Christian Understanding. 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

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