Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on June 15, 2007, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; listed by the European Union on April 19, 2007 pursuant to U.N. Security Council resolution 1737, as a person involved in Iran’s nuclear program; removed from the E.U. list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Director General of Mesbah Energy Company, a subordinate of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI); listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1737 of December 23, 2006, as a person involved in Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities; removed from the U.N. list in January 2016 by U.N. Security Council resolution 2231.

Reportedly the director of the Arak Heavy Water Complex; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, was awarded the third medal of excellence in management by the Iranian president in August 2006 for his role as director and deputy manager of Mesbah Energy Company.

An Iranian citizen born on February 19, 1950, in Tabriz, Iran; Iranian passport number E4710151, issued October 15, 2000, expired October 15, 2005.