The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), is headed by Ayatollah Mohamad Baqir Al Hakim the son of the late Grand Ayatollah Muhsin Al Hakim who was the spiritual leader of the Shia in the world for the period 1955-1970.  SCIRI consist of a general assembly of 70 members which represent deferent Islamic movements and scholars. The general assembly elects a central committee of 11 members. This committee is considered the supreme body of SCIRI.  It is in charge of the following units:

• Military.
• International Relations.
• Publicity.
• Information and Investigation.
• Social Services.
• Administration and Finance.

SCIRI has secret cells all over Iraq which are involved in gathering information, media work and military activities. SCIRI has also main offices in London (headed by Dr. Hamid Al Bayati), Damascus, Geneva and Vienna.
The head office of SCIRI  is based in Iran among the largest Iraqi community outside Iraq temperarely estimated at one million Iraqis. SCIRI has main offices in different parts of the liberated areas of Iraqi Kurdistan.
SCIRI commands military forces called Badr Corps. This started as a brigade and developed into a division  and then into a corps. The Badr Corps consist of thousands of former Iraqi officers and soldiers who defected from the Iraqi army, Iraqi refugees, and Iraqis who fled the country and join SCIRI.
SCIRI has good relations with all the neighboring countries around Iraq. Ayatollah Al Hakim has visited Kuwait several times and has been received by Amir of Kuwait, Crown Prince and many other officials. He has visited Saudi Arabia many times and has been received by King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdula and other high ranking officials. He has visited Syria and been received by President Hafuz Al Asad several times. He met also Sulaiman Demeriel the president of Turkey. He has met high officials in Iran several times such as Ayatollah Ali Khameneie, Shaikh Rafsanjani and president Khatami.  On his resent visit to Lebanon president Ameel Lahoud received Ayatollah Al-Hakim who met also the prime minister and several Lebanese Ministers.
He met the previous UN General Secretary Javier Peres De Cullar. Ayatollah Al Hakim has received in Tehran most of the Ambassadors of the countries in the world.
Ayatollah Al Hakim has an historical and warm relation with the Kurdish Movements in Iraq since his father gave a religious decree (Fatwa) which forbade the Iraqi army from fighting against the Kurds in Iraq. A mutual agreement as been signed by SCIRI with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) headed by Jalal Talabani to work against Saddam's regime.  A similar agreement was signed with the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) headed by Masood Barzani several years ago.
Ayatollah Al Hakim has strong relation with other ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq such as Turcomans, Assyrians, and all Christian groups. He participated in Christmas and Easter celebrations of the Iraqis Christians in Iran.  His relations with the late religious leader of the Iraqi Assyrian Community Zaya Baboo was unique as they worked together to fight against the dictator of Iraq and the tyrannical regime of Bath Party.  They traveled together to Geneva and met UN General Security.
SCIRI has participated in all Iraqi opposition conferences such as the Beirut conference in 1990 and Salahudin in north of  Iraq in 1992. It was a part of all umbrella organization for Iraqi Opposition groups such as the Joint Action Committee and the Iraqi National Congress (INC).