| Office1: | Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council |
| Term Start1: | 22 May 2023 |
| President1: | Ebrahim RaisiMasoud Pezeshkian |
| Predecessor1: | Ali Shamkhani |
| Office2: | Member of Expediency Discernment Council |
| Appointer2: | Ali Khamenei |
| 1Blankname2: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata2: | Sadeq Larijani |
| Term Start2: | 20 September 2022 |
Ali Akbar Ahmadian is the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC),[1] [2] a position to which he was appointed on 22 May 2023.[1] [2] He is also the current member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2022.[3]
Ahmadian was born in 1961.[4] [5]
After a stint in the Iran-Iraq War Ahmadian served as Ali Shamkhani’s deputy commander in the IRGC Navy.[4]
Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi appointed him on 22 May 2023 to the position of Secretary of the SNSC.[1]
On 25 July 2023 Ahmadian met with Wang Yi.[6]
On 8 August 2023 Canada sanctioned Ahmadian.[7]
On 5 August 2024 Ahmadian met in Tehran with Sergei Shoigu, his Russian counterpart.[8]