Araghchi, Nasirzadeh and Khatib: Meet Iran’s new cabinet under Pezeshkian

"Khatib was already intelligence minister, having served in the position since 2021, when Raisi took office. He is a cleric who studied under both Khamenei and the first Ayatollah, Ruhollah Khomeini. Khatib has held a variety of intelligence positions, including in the judiciary’s counterintelligence apparatus, according to the anti-Iranian government group United Against a Nuclear Iran."