Managing director of Ansar Bank since 2005; a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Has facilitated financial transactions for the IRGC Quds Force (IRGC QF); reportedly supplies the IRGC with accounting software; reportedly founded Hafiz Company, a subsidiary of the IRGC.

Born in Qomshaneh, Hamadan Province, Iran, in 1972.

Sanctions

Added on March 26, 2019, to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), blocking the person’s assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the person or otherwise assisting the person are subject to U.S. sanctions; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the entity may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States.