1. Esmaeil Khatib was born on 1961 and is an Iranian cleric and politician who has been serving as the minister of intelligence since August 2021.
10 Facts About Esmaeil Khatib
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Esmaeil Khatib is the eighth official to hold the post.
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Esmaeil Khatib was a pupil of leading figures such as Ali Khamenei, Mohammad Fazel Lankarani, Naser Makarem Shirazi and Mojtaba Tehrani.
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Previous posts of Esmaeil Khatib included the head of the Information Protection Center of the Judiciary and head of Astan Quds Razavi Security.
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Esmaeil Khatib worked in the Office of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, as Iran's chief warden, and in the intelligence department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as well as in the Ministry of Intelligence.
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In 1985 Esmaeil Khatib was assigned to the intelligence unit of the IRGC by Mohsen Rezaei who was the first commander-in-chief of the corps.
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Esmaeil Khatib was appointed chief warden in the Office of Supreme Leader in 2010.
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Esmaeil Khatib was nominated as the minister of intelligence to the cabinet of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and was confirmed by the Majlis on 25 August 2021.
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Esmaeil Khatib is one of the close allies of Ali Khamenei and was a supporter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Esmaeil Khatib has close connections with other significant religious figures in Iran most of whom are his teachers.