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Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries — a layered holding, not a single plant.

PGPIC (فارس) controls roughly a third of Iranian nameplate across Mahshahr and Assaluyeh. Ownership is pension funds, TAPICO, NPC and other parastatals. The CEO job has flipped twice in two years. Expand the web from any node.

ENTITIES IN FILE

SDN NAMES

PEOPLE

EVENTS

CURRENT CEO

Abdolali Ali-Askari

عبدالعلی علی‌عسکری

Current مدیرعامل هلدینگ as of mid-September 2026 — his second tour. Electrical engineer with an industrial-engineering doctorate. First PGPIC stint followed Jafar Rabiei; the interlude was Shariatmadari. Group PR has him signing subsidiary CEO decrees.

Watch

CEO restored

Ali-Askari is signing as مدیرعامل هلدینگ again. Karimi back at Arvand; Ansari-Nik reconfirmed at BIPC.

SDN

SDN overlay

Holding and most operating companies remain on the U.S. SDN list (NPWMD / IFSR), linked to Khatam al-Anbiya.

Note

Arvand listed, BIPC IPO pending

اروند listed Dec 2025 (5%). Bandar Imam still unlisted. Nested Karun control via BIPC.

Note

Board snapshot perishable

Chegeni has been both outgoing chair and chair again. Pension-fund and TAPICO seats rotate with political bargains.

Two clusters

Site layer

Mahshahr / Bandar Imam

9 nodes

Salt–chlorine–PVC (Arvand), the 1970s diversified complex (BIPC), aromatics (Bouali), PTA/PET (Tondguyan), isocyanates (Karun), Fajr utilities. Khuzestan-local labour. Inland gas from Bidboland and Hoveyzeh.

Arvand BIPC Bouali Tondguyan Karun Fajr

Assaluyeh / Pars

6 nodes

Condensate aromatics (Nouri), ethane/styrene (Pars), 9th olefin PE (Arya Sasol), methanol/ammonia (Apadana, Hengam), Mobin utilities. South Pars feed. Export jetty depth.

Nouri Pars Arya Sasol Mobin Apadana Hengam

Latest in file

Full timeline

2026-09
Ali-Askari restored; Karimi and Ansari-Nik decreed
By mid-September 2026, group PR has Ali-Askari signing as مدیرعامل هلدینگ. Karimi back at Arvand. Ansari-Nik reconfirmed at BIPC. Chegeni seen as board chairman again on a site visit.
2026-06
Board names Abbaszadeh; quorum fails
Former NPC chief Hassan Abbaszadeh is named; assembly/quorum problems leave Shariatmadari in place. NPC’s claim on the spin-out does not seat.
2026-06
BIPC wartime damage / steam-plant rebuild
Ansari-Nik on the record through wartime damage and steam-plant rebuild comments. The operational CEO stays in the chair while the holding CEO job is being fought over in Tehran.
2026-01
Mosaddeghi-Fard briefly takes Arvand
Karimi replaced by the Gachsaran / Amir Kabir operator. Company site still listed him as vice-chair/CEO after the swap. Product mix unchanged.

File compiled 16 Sep 2026. Board and CEO seats are perishable. Expand from PGPIC on the web layer.