Iran's supreme leader has replaced his SNSC representative with hardline IRGC veteran Mohsen Rezaei, a four-time failed presidential candidate turned satire target. Tehran's factions are reading the reshuffle as proof the new leader was never fully on board with the Islamabad memorandum.

Iran's appointment of Revolutionary Guard hard-liner Mohsen Rezaei to the Supreme National Security Council reveals a panicked, desperate regime.

Rezaei succeeded Zolghadr, who took office as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council on March 27 following the death of his predecessor, Ali Larijani