Abdolrasoul Dorri-Esfahani
Abdolrasoul Dorri-Esfahani | |
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| Born | Iran |
| Occupation(s) | Professional accountant, consultant |
| Known for | Consultancy to Central Bank of Iran; member of Iran's nuclear negotiation delegation |
Abdolrasoul Dorri-Esfahani () holds dual Iranian-Canadian citizenship and is a professional accountant. He provides consultancy services to the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and has held board positions in various private enterprises, notably including Asia Insurance and Saman Bank.
Role in nuclear negotiations
Beginning in late 2014, Dorri-Esfahani joined Iran's delegation, led by Hamid Baeidinejad, involved in negotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Accusations of espionage
In August 2016, media outlets aligned with principlist perspectives reported espionage charges against him; however, these reports remained unverified. On 16 August 2016, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran’s Prosecutor-General, announced that a dual-nationality individual engaged in Iran's economic sector had been detained on suspicion of connections to the Secret Intelligence Service. This individual was subsequently released on bail, with allegations including financial ties to the United Kingdom and the United States, though formal charges had not been established at that time. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi publicly refuted these accusations. An interview conducted with Dorri-Esfahani on 24 August 2016—later removed without clarification—featured his denial of any arrest.
By October 2017, Dorri-Esfahani received a five-year prison sentence related to espionage convictions.