A Chinese businessman; according to the U.S. Department of Justice, conspired to illegally purchase and export dual-use microelectronics from the United States to Iran for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (ASF SSJO) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.

Indicted in the United States on September 1, 2020, along with Hossein Hatefi Ardakani on charges of conspiracy to unlawfully export goods to Iran and to defraud the United States, unlawful exports or attempted unlawful export of goods to Iran, and conspiring to engage in international money laundering; remained at large as of December 2023.

On four separate occasions between September 2014 and September 2015, allegedly used witting and unwitting companies in Canada, China, France, and Hong Kong to purchase high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) (ECCN 3A001), monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers (ECCN 3A001), and analog-to-digital converters (ECCN 4A003) from U.S. companies for the benefit of end-users in Iran.

Between September 2014 and February 2015, allegedly arranged the shipment of 20 HEMTs, which have applications in ballistic missiles, for Ardakani from the United States to Iran via Canada and Hong Kong; between March and April 2015, allegedly arranged the shipment of an HEMT test board and three MMIC power amplifier test boards for Ardakani from the United States to Iran via China and Hong Kong; between June and September 2015, allegedly arranged the shipment of two analog-to-digital converters for Ardakani from the United States to Iran via France and Hong Kong.

According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has obtained dual-use electronics for the benefit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its subordinates; has used Nanxigu Technology Co., Limited to obtain dual-use amplifiers, circulators, inductors, and other electronics manufactured in Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States for Alireza Matinkia, an Iran-based procurement agent; has used Dali RF Technology Co., Limited to receive financial transfers related to procuring electronics for Iranian customers.

Owner and director of Dali RF Technology Co., Limited; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has controlled Nanxigu Technology Co., Limited.

Born in 1982.

Sanctions

Added on October 18, 2023, 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; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the person or otherwise assisting the person may be subject to U.S. sanctions; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the person may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States; subject to heightened export license requirements (with a presumption of denial) due to involvement in activities related to WMD proliferation.