Who is Iran's Mohsen Rezaei, the hardliner appointed to key security role?

The Straits Times reports Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaei to head its Supreme National Security Council. Rezaei, a hardliner and ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, takes the post more than five months into the ongoing conflict with the United States.

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