29 Facts About Saeed Jalili

Saeed Jalili is an Iranian politician and diplomat, who was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013.

Saeed Jalili is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, and is the former nuclear negotiator for Iran.

Saeed Jalili was previously deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs, and an unsuccessful candidate in the June 2013 presidential election, placing third.

Saeed Jalili ran in 2021, but withdrew in favour of Ebrahim Raisi before the election.

Saeed Jalili holds a PhD in political science, and teaches the "Prophet's diplomacy" at the Imam Sadiq University.

In 2009, Saeed Jalili was named as one of the 500 most influential people in the Muslim world.

Saeed Jalili is known for his staunch hardline positions and confrontational rhetoric against the West, while pushing for stronger relations with Russia and China.

Saeed Jalili was born in 1965 in Mashhad, in northeastern Iran.

Saeed Jalili married with Fatemeh Sajjadi, a doctor of internal medicine, in 1992.

Vahid, Saeed Jalili's brother, is one of the fundamentalist cultural activists.

Saeed Jalili has taught political science since 2000 in different intervals at Imam Sadeq University.

In 1989 Saeed Jalili began working at the ministry of foreign affairs in addition to his teaching post.

Saeed Jalili was made a member of the Supreme National Security Council in 2002.

On 20 October 2007, Saeed Jalili replaced Ali Larijani as secretary of the council and became responsible for international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

Saeed Jalili is a leading figure of the "neo-principalist" group in the Iranian political scene and a protege of Mojtaba Khamenei.

Saeed Jalili was a true believer in the Iranian Revolution.

Saeed Jalili was constantly taking notes during the session, and at the same time had a wry smile on his face.

Saeed Jalili even mentioned that he is still teaches part-time at Tehran University.

Saeed Jalili talked about the History of Islam and Iran, we learned a lot of history.

Saeed Jalili has 18 years of experience in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, he dismissed Saeed Jalili and appointed Ali Shamkhani as the secretary of the council.

Saeed Jalili was a candidate in the 2013 presidential elections, announcing his candidacy on 22 March 2013.

Saeed Jalili was supported by Front of Islamic Revolution Stability and by Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, the party's main candidate who declined his candidacy in favour of Jalili.

Saeed Jalili received 4,168,946 and was ranked third, behind president-elect Hassan Rouhani and runner up Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

In 2013, after his defeat in the presidential election, Saeed Jalili proposed a plan of the Shadow Cabinet to help the Hassan Rouhani government and compensate for its shortcomings.

Saeed Jalili has held several meetings to criticise the government and offer a solution.

Saeed Jalili explained the Shadow Cabinet is neither a party nor an organisation, but a Discourse and it means that everyone must follow the process of developments, shadow by shadow to have a positive impact on the path of the Islamic Revolution.

In May 2024, Saeed Jalili registered his candidacy for president in the 2024 presidential election.

Saeed Jalili received support from unsuccessful candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who placed third, as well as from Alireza Zakani and Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh, who had both previously dropped out.