A scientist who has been involved in making and testing centrifuges and their components.

Has served as managing director and deputy chairman of the board of directors of Iran Enrichment Company (IEC); has served as the manager of Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA); has held several positions at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its front companies; in 2006, was recognized by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for making "complex and sensitive centrifuge components."

Reportedly involved in research at the Fordow uranium enrichment facility; reportedly serves as director general of Farayand Technique Company (renamed Technology of Centrifuge of Iran Company (TCI) or Institute for Centrifuge Technology), as president of the executive board of Pars Trash Company, and as a member of the board of directors of Tamin Tajhizat Sanayeh Hasteieh; was reportedly charged with mass production of P-2 (IR-2) centrifuges; reportedly a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

National identification number (Iran) is 4432151609.

Born on June 7, 1959, in Yazd, Iran.

Sanctions

Designated by the U.N. Security Council on March 3, 2008, pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), as a person involved in or supporting Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze assets that are owned or controlled by the person, directly or indirectly, and to ensure that assets are not made available to the person; the resolution also calls on states to prevent the person from entering or transiting through their territories.

Previously removed from the U.N. list on January 16, 2016, pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); returned to the U.N. list on September 28, 2025, as part of the reimposition of sanctions on Iran.

Listed by the European Union on April 24, 2007, as a person linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, E.U. member states must freeze assets owned or controlled by the person, directly or indirectly, prevent assets from being made available to the person, and prevent the person's entry into or transit through their territories.

Previously removed from the E.U. list on January 16, 2016, pursuant to the JCPOA; returned to the E.U. list on September 29, 2025, as part of the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran.

As part of the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran, added on November 5, 2018, to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing the person's assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and their delivery systems; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, which restrict the use of the U.S. financial system for transactions involving Iranian entities.

Foreign parties facilitating transactions for the person or otherwise assisting the person may be subject to U.S. sanctions; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the person may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States; also subject to heightened U.S. export license requirements (with a presumption of denial) due to involvement in activities related to WMD proliferation.

Previously added to the SDN list on December 13, 2012, pursuant to Executive Order 13382; removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the JCPOA.

Sanctioned by the governments of Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom, restricting business and financial transactions with the person and/or freezing the person's assets in those countries.