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 November 30, 2010, 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.

A senior Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) official and a shareholder of a number of IRISL-controlled shell companies; has served as managing director of Hafiz Darya Shipping Company (HDS) and South Shipping Line Iran (SSL).

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; Iranian passport number A1508382 (expired February 24, 2010); born January 26, 1959.