Ebrahim Azizi

Azizi's 16-17 May 2026 announcements mark the most consequential public actions of his chairmanship. On 16 May he used his personal X account to declare that Iran has 'prepared a professional mechanism' for Hormuz traffic management with 'necessary fees', explicitly naming and excluding 'the so-called freedom project' — Project Freedom. The declaration is significant because it converts the PGSA's operational practice into a named Majlis-backed position; with SNSC, IRGC, PGSA, and now the Majlis committee all publicly on record, the four-institution architecture is structurally durable past any individual Ceasefire.

On 17 May, Tasnim News Agency carried Azizi's interview corroborating the €50-million Majlis bounty bill on Donald Trump. He stated the government would be obligated to pay 'any natural or legal person who carries out this religious and ideological mission'; the bill remains under parliamentary review, not voted. State broadcaster Tasnim has IRGC links; its use of Azizi to confirm the bill signals IRGC-aligned parliamentary establishment backing, not a fringe position.

Azizi has chaired the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee since 2020. He is a multi-source confirmed public figure in the parliamentary record.

Ebrahim Azizi is the chairman of Iran's Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Parliament's most senior security oversight body. A conservative lawmaker aligned with Iran's hardline establishment, he has chaired the committee since 2020. As chairman, Azizi holds significant institutional power over parliamentary scrutiny of military and intelligence matters, though executive authority over military operations rests with the Supreme Leader and IRGC command. His public announcements are designed to constrain the executive's room to negotiate, by putting hardline positions on the record via state media.

In earlier stages of the 2026 conflict, following President Pezeshkian's televised apology to Gulf neighbours, Azizi declared all US and Israeli bases 'legitimate and lawful targets' with 'no red line in defending national interests', signalling the committee's role as a check on presidential moderation.

On 16 May 2026, Azizi announced via X that Iran had prepared a 'professional mechanism' to levy fees on vessels transiting Hormuz, explicitly excluding operators of US-backed 'Project Freedom'. The following day, 17 May, Azizi confirmed to state broadcaster Tasnim the €50-million Majlis bounty bill on Donald Trump, stating any 'natural or legal person' executing the mission would be paid. The Tasnim corroboration upgrades the bounty bill from single-source reporting to the parliamentary record, narrowing the political space Araghchi's diplomatic channel still occupies.