Director of strategic planning and international affairs for Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL); added on March 28, 2012 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Has held an equity stake in each of the following Malta-registered companies, all of which are affiliated with IRISL:

Balsam Shipping Limited
Buttercup Shipping Limited
Camellia Shipping Limited
Carnation Sea Transportation Limited
Chaplet Shipping Limited
Chariot Maritime Limited
Charisma Maritime Limited
Charm Maritime Limited
Heliotrope Shipping Limited
Helix Shipping Limited
Ifold Shipping Company Limited
Jackman Shipping Company Limited
Kingswood Shipping Company Limited
Lancing Shipping Company Limited
Midhurst Shipping Company Limited
Newhaven Shipping Company Limited
Oxted Shipping Company Limited
Petworth Shipping Company Limited
Quinns Shipping Company Limited
Reigate Shipping Company Limited

An Iranian national; passport number P3058381.