00:00He's seen as one of the pillars of the Islamic Republic and yet he works mainly from the shadows.
00:06Ali Larijani is Iran's top national security official and quickly became the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's right-hand man.
00:13According to the New York Times, the country's former supreme leader tasked him with running the country in the event
00:19of war.
00:20The move effectively sidelines the sitting president as Larijani exerts control over Iran's nuclear and diplomatic affairs.
00:27Since the start, we've been convinced that war will not resolve the disagreements between our two countries.
00:33Regional conflicts between Iran and the West must be resolved by dialogue.
00:37Others have been mistaken in thinking that these problems can be solved by force.
00:41This attitude has been detrimental to progress.
00:45A few weeks after the 12-day war with Israel last June, Larijani was named head of the National Security
00:51Council,
00:52returning to a position he held 20 years prior.
00:54Son of a dignitary close to Ayatollah Khamenei, Larijani started his career within the Revolutionary Guard
01:01before becoming the director of Iran's national broadcaster in 1994.
01:06Between 2005 and 2007, he was the lead nuclear negotiator and was a key figure between the 2015 JCPOA agreement.
01:15He ran for president several times but was rejected by the Guardian Council.
01:22Resolving the issue of U.S. sanctions in order to open up the economic space will be one of my
01:26diplomatic priorities.
01:28Ali Larijani is one of the officials sanctioned by Washington for the bloody crackdown against protesters in January,
01:35a crisis he blames on American and Israeli interference.
01:39He already wants to fight the ally.
01:39Well, we cannot replace some nories.
01:39Okay.
01:39You
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