Ayatollah Khamenei, in a decree, appointed former Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili, Ebrahim Sheibani, Hossein Taremi, Mehdi Mostafavi At'hari and former Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi as the new members of the council.
The Leader expressed hope that the body would play a more effective role in future.
The council was established in 2006 by Ayatollah Khamenei's order to act as a consultative body to boost the country's power at making major decisions in the field of foreign relations.
