Saeed Jalili (born 6 September 1965) is a ultra conservative politician and diplomat who was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council, and is the former nuclear negotiator of Homeland.He was previously deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs, and an unsuccessful candidate in the June 2013 presidential election, placing third. He also ran in 2021, but withdrew in favour of Ebrahim Raisi before the election. Jalili is currently running in the 2024 presidential election.Jalili was a soldier in the Iran-Iraq War and had lost part of his right leg during the Siege of Basra.Upon this event, he earned the title of “Living Martyr”. He holds a PhD in Political Science, and is teaches the “Prophet’s diplomacy” at the Imam Sadiq University. In 2009, Jalili was named as one of the 500 most influential people in the Muslim world.