Saeed Jalili
| Saeed Jalili | |
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Jalili before 2013 presidential election
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| Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council | |
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In office 20 October 2007 – 10 September 2013 |
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| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Ali Larijani |
| Succeeded by | Ali Shamkhani |
| Chief Negotiator of Iran for Nuclear Issue | |
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In office 21 October 2007 – 5 September 2013 |
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| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Deputy | Ali Bagheri |
| Preceded by | Ali Larijani |
| Succeeded by | Javad Zarif |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 September 1965 Mashhad, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability |
| Spouse(s) | Fatemeh Sajjadi (m. 1993) |
| Children | Sajjad (Hamid) |
| Residence | Lavizan, Tehran |
| Alma mater | Imam Sadegh University |
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Iran
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| Service/branch | Basij |
| Unit | 5th Nasr Division |
| Battles/wars | |
Saeed Jalili (Persian: سعید جلیلی; born September 1965) is an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. He was also Iran's nuclear negotiator. He was previously deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs. Jalili was an unsuccessful candidate in the June 2013 presidential election, placing third.
Jalili was born on September 1965 in Mashhad in northeastern Iran. He holds a PhD in political science from Imam Sadeq University and his doctoral thesis is entitled "The Foreign Policy of the Prophet Muhammad." After graduating, he served in the Iran–Iraq war as a member of the Basij volunteers of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution. During fighting he was injured severely, losing the lower portion of his right leg in 1986. Upon this event he earned the title of "living martyr".
Following the war, Jalili began working as a university lecturer at his alma mater. In 1989 Jalili began working at the ministry of foreign affairs in addition to his teaching post. From 1995 to 1996 he served as director of the inspection office at the ministry. In 2001, he was appointed senior director of policy planning in the office of supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Jalili was also made a member of the Supreme National Security Council in 2002. Following the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency in August 2005, Jalili was appointed deputy foreign minister for European and American affairs. He was in office until October 2007. During the same period he also served as an advisor to Ahmedinejad.
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