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Mohammad Eslami

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Mohammad Eslami is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Eslami Mohammad · Mohammad Eslami · Muhammed İslâmi · Məhəmməd Eslami · Мохаммад Эслами · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	اسلامی محمد · মোহাম্মদ ইসলামি				[sources]
Weak alias	モハメド・エスラミ				[sources]
Birth date	1956-09-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Isfahan · Isfahan, Iran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Citizenship	Iran				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	Mohammad · محمد				[sources]
Last name	Eslami · اسلامی				[sources]
Passport number	`D10008684`				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q58902699				[sources]
Position	Minister of Roads and Urban Development (2018-2021) · Vice President & Head, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran · Vice President as Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (2021-)				[sources]
Education	Ohio University · Royal Roads University · Sharif University of Technology				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Rank: Brig. General

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-10-26

As Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and Vice President of Iran, IRGC Brig. General Mohammad Eslami is directly associated with, or providing support for, Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-10-26

Function: Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran; Vice President of Iran

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-10-26

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,214

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,780

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

US CIA World Leaders11,035

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,661

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,072

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,591

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-iran-mohammad-eslami-vice-president-head-atomic-energy-organization-of-iran · ch-seco-65738

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Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Switzerland	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Measures Against The Islamic Republic Of Iran	2023-10-26	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Vice President as Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran	-	-
Vice President as Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran	2021-08-29	-
Minister of Roads and Urban Development	2018-10	2021-08
Minister of Roads and Urban Development	2018-10-01	2021-08-01