Terror organization: IRGC – Iran;

Status: The CEO of Mahan Air;

Role: Before his current position which he handles since 1996, Khanouki served as commander of the IRGC forces in Croatia and Bosnia. Qasem Soleimani was part of his social circle.

Khanouki is well-connected with senior Quds Force officials and serves as a senior Quds Force advisor in several fields as of weapons smuggling, aircraft procurement, and aviation issues. Apparently, Khanouki recently arrived in Syria regarding meetings concerning the airline’s flights to the Nayrab airport in Aleppo and the Rafic Hariri airport in Beirut.

Involves in the highest level in the operational desertions od Quds Force unit 190 responsible for weapons smuggling in the region;

Location: Iran;

Also Known As: Hamid Khanouki;

Place of Birth: Iran;

Citizenship: Iran;

Nationality: Iran;

Activities:
Hamid Arabnejad Khanouki – Trustee, Board Treasurer in Mola al-Movahedin Charity;

(Khanouki is the CEO of Mahan Air, a position he has held for nearly two decades. He also holds positions at several Mahan Air/MMC–affiliated companies, including Pardis Parham Kish and Pardis Lalim Development. Public records show Qasem Soleimani’s brother Sohrab represented one of the subsidiaries of MMC on the board of Pardis Parham Kish while Khanouki was its board chairman. Sohrab Soleimani is still on the board of Pardis Lalim Development.)