Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Senior officials like Ali-Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, have gone so far as to warn publicly that the Islamic Republic will not permit any outside power to undermine its relations with Armenia.
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Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
In early April, Mike Waltz, then the national-security adviser, walked into the Oval Office to find Loomer sitting across from the President, in the midst of a presentation that questioned the allegiances of a number of members of his National Security Council.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s prominent absence from a Russian Security Council meeting on Wednesday, when President Vladimir Putin floated the possibility of full-scale nuclear testing.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
According to the conservative speaker of Parliament, Iran’s National Security Council has asked for the bill not to be implemented.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
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Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
In early April, Mike Waltz, then the national-security adviser, walked into the Oval Office to find Loomer sitting across from the President, in the midst of a presentation that questioned the allegiances of a number of members of his National Security Council.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s prominent absence from a Russian Security Council meeting on Wednesday, when President Vladimir Putin floated the possibility of full-scale nuclear testing.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
According to the conservative speaker of Parliament, Iran’s National Security Council has asked for the bill not to be implemented.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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