Saeed Jalili Net Worth

Background and career

Saeed Jalili (Persian: سعید جلیلی; born 6 September 1965) is an Iranian principlist politician and diplomat, who has been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council of the System since 2013. He was both chief nuclear negotiator for Iran and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. His tenure as chief negotiator on Iran's nuclear program was characterized by his uncompromising approach.

He was deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs from 2005 to 2007. Jalili was later an unsuccessful candidate for president of Iran three times; in the 2013 Iranian presidential election (placing third), in 2021 (he ultimately withdrew), and in 2024 (he was defeated by Masoud Pezeshkian in a runoff election).

Jalili was a soldier with the Basij volunteers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Iran–Iraq War, and lost part of his right leg during the Siege of Basra. This earned him the nickname of "Living Martyr" among his supporters. He holds a PhD in political science, and taught the "Prophet's diplomacy" at Imam Sadiq University. In 2009, Jalili was named as one of the 500 most influential people in the Muslim world.

Jalili is known for his staunch ultra-hardline positions and confrontational rhetoric against the West. At the same time he has pushed for stronger relations with Russia and China. He strongly advocates women being required to wear the mandatory hijab, and the government enforcing the requirement. Backed by the fundamentalist Iranian Principlist Paydari Front, he attributes Iran's economic troubles to international sanctions, and rejects social liberalization. This has earned him significant influence, as well as discomfort among the more pragmatic factions within the Iranian establishment.