Central Command Council

Central Command Council Pasdani: فرمان صمیم شوری; Majles-ye Sameem-e Fārman Badawiyan: مجلس قيادة الثورة; Majlis Qiyāda ath-Aswat
Type
Type	Executive council (overseeing executive of Zorasan) Legislative council (overseeing parliament) National security council Election supervision body
Leadership
Chairman	Maj. Gen Alireza Fadavi since 18 June 2016
Structure
Seats	16
Political groups	Military
Meeting place
Zahedan, Pardaran UR, Zorasan

The Central Command Council is the most senior military body in Zorasan, that serves as an executive council, legislative council, the country's national security council and the secondary federal Election supervision body. The Central Command Council is also endowed with significant powers and responsibilities. The CCC's influence and power over matters of government is such, that many commentators regard the body as the true political authority in Zorasan.

The CCC is comprised of 16 members drawn from all branches of the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army and is headed by the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The CCC is charged by the 2008 constitution to, supervising elections of, and approving of candidates too, the Popular Assembly, Superior Assembly, municipal elections and state-level elections. The CCC is also charged with appointing the federal ministers for Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, National Defence and State Intelligence and Security. By virtue of these appointments, the military has the final say on foreign policy, internal law and order and state intelligence. In both chambers of the legislature, the CCC appoints two-thirds of the upper-house and 10% of members to the lower-house, with the former being mostly comprised of senior level commanders, who are granted seats for life.

In 2017, the powers of the CCC were expanded with the right to determine the annual military budget independently of the Ministry of Finance. This also supported by the denial of the civic government to replace military officers without the authorisation of the CCC. In 2018, this was further developed with the CCC being given sole authority to promote, dismiss and appointed military officers.

Membership

#	Portrait	Ex officio member	current officeholder	Position in the Central Command Council
1		Commander in Chief of the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army Minister of National Defence Member of the Superior Assembly	Alireza Fadavi	Chairman
2		Commander in Chief of the National Protection Force Minister of the Interior Member of the Superior Assembly	Adavazdar Golzadari	Deputy Chairman
3		Senior Commander of the Land Forces Minister for State Intelligence and Security Member of the Popular Assembly	Ataollah Shamshiri	Member
4		Commander in Chief of the Air Force Member of the Superior Assembly	Ardashir Nasirzadeh	Member
5		Commander in Chief of the Land Forces Member of the Superior Assembly	Sadiollah Sandsari	Member
6		Commander in Chief of the Navy Member of the Superior Assembly	Ali Sayyad Malekzadegan	Member
7		Commander in Chief of the Air Defence Command Member of the Superior Assembly	Sadavir Hatami	Member
8		Commander in Chief of Coastal Protection Command Member of the Superior Assembly	Hassan al-Bakr	Member
9		Deputy Commander of the Land Forces Member of the Popular Assembly	Mahmoud Gholfandiar	Member
10		Deputy Commander of the Air Force Member of the Superior Assembly	Hassan al-Bakr	Member
11		Senior Commander of the Land Forces Member of the Superior Assembly	Zeidan Kara	Member
12		Senior Commander of the Land Forces Member of the Superior Assembly	Adavazdar Farhani	Member
13		Senior Commander of the Land Forces Member of the Superior Assembly Director of the NCPSA	Ghassan Hamid Ali	Member
14		Senior Commander of the Land Forces Member of the Superior Assembly Director of the General Intelligence Directorate	Saeed Deghan	Member
15		Senior Commander of the Land Forces Commander of the Inter-Services Discipline Office Member of the Superior Assembly	Javad Khanzadi	Member
16		Commander of the Land Forces Director of the Parastar Hamdani Foundation Member of the Popular Assembly	Khalifa al-Kuzbari	Member
N/A		Ministers necessary when Council adjorns in NSC capacity: State President First Minister Foreign Minister Chief Justice Speaker of the Popular Assembly		Temporary member