Former Deputy Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI); adviser to the head of the AEOI.

Listed by the European Union on May 23, 2011 as a person linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; removed from the E.U. list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; designated by the Canadian government in May 2013 as a person contributing to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or to its development of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or their delivery systems; designation prohibits Canadian parties from providing goods or financial services to the listed person or dealing in property held by the entity.

Has expertise in mechanical engineering; has reportedly served as deputy head of research at AEOI and has reportedly been secretary of AEOI's Scientific Cooperation Council; currently a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Kashan; head of the management board of the Innovation and Development Fund.