Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Sebastian Gorka, the senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, said an immediate example would be for other countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran attacks commercial shipping.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The government, or rather the Supreme National Security Council, and the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, effectively brought daily life nationwide to a standstill.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
Chief among them is Saeed Jalili, a senior member of the National Security Council who took a similarly hard-line position against the talks that led to the 2015 nuclear deal.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Monday that the humanitarian toll is mounting.
—Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The government, or rather the Supreme National Security Council, and the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, effectively brought daily life nationwide to a standstill.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
Chief among them is Saeed Jalili, a senior member of the National Security Council who took a similarly hard-line position against the talks that led to the 2015 nuclear deal.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Monday that the humanitarian toll is mounting.
—Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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