Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Ali Larijani as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.

Larijani is a senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. The appointment took place amid institutional changes following Iran’s 12-day air war with Israel in June.

Israel said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.

Iran retaliated to Israel’s strikes by launching over 500 ballistic missiles and around 1,100 drones at Israel. The attacks killed 29 people and wounded over 3,000 in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals.

The war, which saw the US join Israel in striking nuclear enrichment centers, reportedly

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