Abadollah Abdollahi

06 May 2013

Abadollah Abdollahi is commander, Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base

Abadollah Abdollahi

Company: Khatam Al-Anbia Construction Base
Position: Commander

Abadollah Abdollahi is the new commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Base, according to local media, taking over from former commander Abolqasem Mozafari-Shams. Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Base is the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ most important business arm and the leading engineering and construction group in Iran.

The group’s full name is Gharargah-e Sazandegi-ye Khatam al-Anbia, often shortened to Ghorb. Estimates of the number of contracts the group has won range from 750 to about 1,500. It employs about 25,000 engineers and other staff, 10 per cent of whom are also members of the Revolutionary Guards, according to a report by the US’ Rand Corporation in 2009.

Data from regional projects tracker MEED Projects shows that the company currently has $4.15bn in contracts under execution including the $1.8bn Mashad-Chabahar Railway Line, work on Line 7 of Tehran’s metro and the Shahid Baheshti port project.

Website: www.khatam.com

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