Saeed Jalili

Saeed Jalili
سعید جلیلی
Saeed Jalili in 2021
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 September 2013
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
In office 20 October 2007 – 10 September 2013
Preceded by	Ali Larijani
Succeeded by	Ali Shamkhani
Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran
In office 21 October 2007 – 5 September 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Deputy	Ali Bagheri
Preceded by	Ali Larijani
Succeeded by	Mohammad Javad Zarif
Personal details
Born	(1965-09-06) 6 September 1965 Mashhad, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Nonpartisan
Spouse(s)	Fatemeh Sajjadi ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	1
Residence	Lavizan, Tehran
Alma mater	Imam Sadegh University
Signature
Website	drjalily.com
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	Basij
Unit	5th Nasr Division
Battles/wars	1979 Kurdish rebellion Suppression of Kurd uprising (1979) Clashes with KDPI Militants (1980) Iran–Iraq War Operation Fath-ol-Mobin (1981) Operation Tariq-ol-Qods (1981) Operation Nasr (1981) Operation Ramadan (1982) Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas (1982) Battle of Mehran (1983) Operation Dawn 3 (1983) Operation Dawn 4 (1984) Operation Dawn 5 (1985) Operation Badr (1985) Operation Karbala 4 (1986) Operation Karbala-5 (1987)  (WIA)

Saeed Jalili (Persian: سعید جلیلی; born 6 September 1965) is an Iranian politician. He was the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. He is a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the June 2013 presidential election, placing third. He also ran in 2021, but withdrew in favour of Ebrahim Raisi before the election. Jalili ran in the 2024 presidential election but lost to Masoud Pezeshkian in a runoff election.