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Iranian-Canadian accountant

Abdolrasoul Dorri-Esfahani
Born	Isfahan
Nationality	Iranian-Canadian
Alma mater	Petroleum University of Technology
Organization(s)	Universal Health and Pharma Private Ltd.
Title	Advisor to the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Criminal charge	Espionage
Criminal penalty	5 years in prison
Criminal status	Convicted
Awards	Order of Merit and Management (3rd class)

Abdolrasoul Dorri-Esfahani (Persian: عبدالرسول دری اصفهانی) is an Iranian-Canadian accountant. He serves as an advisor to the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and has been formerly a board member in privately owned corporations Asia Insurance and Saman Bank.

Involvement in nuclear talks

Working under Hamid Baeidinejad, since late 2014 he was a member of Iranian team in the negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Espionage charge

In August 2016, principlist media outlets reported that he is charged with espionage, however the news are not confirmed. Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Prosecutor-General of Tehran said on 16 August 2016 that a dual citizen “active in the field of the Iranian economy” suspected to be linked to the Secret Intelligence Service has been arrested and released on bail but “the charge against him has not been proven yet”. It has been claimed that he had been paid by both Britain and the United States. Bahram Ghassemi, spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has denied allegations and on 24 August 2016 an interview (quickly deleted without explanation) was published with Dorri-Esfahani in which he claimed he was not arrested.

In October 2017, Dorri-Esfahani was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for espionage.

References

"Iran's jailed dual nationals and their uncertain fate". BBC. 1 October 2019.
^ "Nuclear Negotiator Arrested over Espionage; Fact or Fiction?". Iranian Diplomacy. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ "Iran arrests nuclear 'spy' for giving secrets to west, say reports". Guardian. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
"A. R. Dorri Esfahani". Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"Member Of Iranian Nuclear Negotiations Team Sentenced On Spying Charges". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

List of foreign nationals detained in Iran

United States

Citizens

Residents

Canada

Citizens	Maziar Bahari Hossein Derakhshan Abdolrasoul Dorri-Esfahani Hamid Ghassemi-Shall Homa Hoodfar Zahra Kazemi Ramin Jahanbegloo Kavous Seyed-Emami
Residents	Saeed Malekpour

United Kingdom

Citizens	Kameel Ahmady Anoosheh Ashoori Iason Athanasiadis Roger Cooper Abbas Edalat Kamal Foroughi Ghoncheh Ghavami Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht Nahid Taghavi Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Residents	Aras Amiri