Iran appoints AMIA bombing suspect to Supreme National Security Council

Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaee, the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), to the Supreme National Security Council. The appointment has drawn attention due to his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. The Jerusalem Post reported that Rezaee was pictured alongside Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a ceremony in Tehran on 3 July 2026. In June 2025, the Argentine federal judiciary ordered that ten Iranian and Lebanese suspects in the AMIA bombing case be tried in absentia. Mohsen Rezaee is among those named in the indictment. The 1994 AMIA bombing resulted in the deaths of 85 people and left hundreds injured. While the charges against Rezaee relate to this case, the current report does not provide further details regarding the timing or mechanism of his appointment to the Supreme National Security Council.